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FIFTY- FIVE  YEARS 


THE  YOUNG  MEN'S 

CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 

OF  CHICAGO 


1858-1913 


PUBLISHED   BV 

THE  BOARD  OF  MANAGERS 

19  S.   LA  SALLE   STREET 

CHICAGO 


CONTENTS 

Page 

The  First  Association 1 

Early  Days 2 

The  First  Period 10 

Life   Sketches   of  General   Secretaries 26 

The     Second    Period 28 

Life   Sketches   of   Presidents 34 

Buildings 44 

The  Fourth  Period 61 

Celebration  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 61 

Worldwide    Greetings 64 

Excerpts  from  Anniversary  Addresses 70 

The  Twelve-Day  Campaign 73 

A  Ten- Year   Program 101 

Appendix 

ji        Table  of  Bequests ' 107 

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43         Summary  of  Property 108 

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c         Chronology  of  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 

2                 Chicago 108 

.V         Statement  of  Metropolitan  Associations 115 

y}         Locations   at   which   the   Work   of   the   Association   is   Con- 
ducted       115 

'^         List    of    Men    Who    Have    Been    Employed    as    Executive 

S                  Officers 117 

Trustees,  Managers,  Employed  Officers,  and  Committeemen.  127 
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LIST   OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 

Page 

Early  Officials 7 

General  Secretaries 25 

Board  of  Managers,  1898 27 

Presidents,  1858  to  1895 35 

James  H.  Eckels ^1 

First  Farwell  Hall 45 

Third  Farwell  Hall 49 

The  Association  Building 54 

Board  of  Trustees,  1898 60 

Banquet  to  Early  Officers  and  Members 67 

Citizens'  Banquet  Closing  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 69 

Speakers  at  the  Citizens"  Banquet  Closing  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary    .  71 

Executive  Chairmen,  Twelve-Day  Campaign 74 

John  G.  Shedd 77 

Closing  Night  of  the  Twelve-Day  Campaign 79 

Exercising  for  Recreation  and  Health 80 

Lecture  on  American  Citizenship  and  Patriotism 81 

Employed  Officers,  Wabash  Avenue  Department 83 

A  Large  Polish-English  Class 84 

Julius  Rosenwald 87 

Meeting  of  Colored  Citizens 88 

William  P.  Sidley 89 

L.  Wilbur  Messer 91 

Railroad  Department  Buildings 93 

Banquet  Opening  the  International  Railroad  Conference 95 

City  Department  Buildings         97 

Bible  Class  in  Hongkong 99 

Typical  Boys'  Gospel  Meeting 102 

Bible  Study  Groups  in  the  Northwestern  Professional  Schools  Department  104 

Sunday  Morning  Bible  Class  for  Dormitory  Men 105 

Edward  P.  Bailey 109 

A  Typical  Thanksgiving  Dinner  Scene 110 

Saturday  Night  Bible  Class  at  the  Hyde  Park  Department      .  Ill 

A  Swimming  Exhibition 114 

Educational  Groups  in  Central  Department 116 

Employed  Officers,  the  Board  of  Managers 118 

Employed  Officers,  Central  Department 120 

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Additional  Employed  Officers,  Central  Department 121 

Employed  OflScers,  The  North  Side  Boys'  Club 122 

Typical  Scenes  at  a  Boys'  Summer  Camp 124 

Employed  Officers,  Division  Street  Department 126 

Employed  Officers,  Hyde  Park  Department 128 

Board  of  Trustees 130 

Board  of  Managers 132 

Employed  Officers,  Railroad  Departments 134 

Employed  Officers,  Sears-Roebuck  Department 136 

Employed  Officers,  Student  Departments 138 

Employed  Officers,  West  Side  Department 140 

Employed  Officers,  Wilson  Avenue  Department 142 


PREFACE 

IT  is  well  for  an  institution  like  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  to  pause  occasionally  and  take  account  of  its 
achievements,  consider  its  history  and  project  its  plans  into 
the  future. 

At  the  close  of  fifty  years  there  was  entertained  the  purpose 
of  publishing  a  historical  sketch  of  the  half  century  of  activity 
of  the  Chicago  association.  Material  was  prepared  for  such  a 
volume,  but  one  stubborn  fact  prevented  the  execution  of  the 
plan.  The  association  was  making  history  so  rapidly  that 
there  was  little  time  to  record  it. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  history  is  still  being  made, 
the  plan  has  been  revived  of  publishing  this  volume.  In 
sending  out  this  record  of  the  years  we  wish  first  of  all  to  bear 
testimony  to  the  thorough  historical  investigation  which  was 
made  by  Edwin  Burritt  Smith,  the  results  of  which  were  pre- 
pared by  him  for  the  volume  published  fifteen  years  ago*  giving: 
a  history  of  the  first  forty  years  of  the  life  of  the  association  iui 
this  city.  With  a  few  changes  this  sketch  prepared  by  Mr^ 
Smith  has  been  incorporated  into  the  present  volume. 

In  the  second  place,  we  wish  to  call  attention  to  the  fact 
that  the  present  volume  is  not  confined  to  the  records  of  the 
fifty  years,  but  that  supplemental  material  has  been  added 
covering  the  five  years  since  the  close  of  the  half  century,  five 
eventful  and  progressive  years. 

Grateful  recognition  is  given,  not  only  to  a  multitude  of 
friends  and  workers  who  have  made  possible  the  large  achieve- 
ments of  this  association,  but  also  to  a  small  group  who  by  their 
efforts  have  made  this  volume  possible.  No  effort  is  made  to 
record  their  names,  but  the  thanks  of  the  association  is  due  to 
each  one  who  in  his  place  has  given  loyal  and  valued  assistance  to 
this  effort  to  briefly  set  forth  the  accomplishments  of  these  years  ^ 

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viii  PREFACE 

It  is  worthy  of  note  here  that  the  delay  of  the  vohime  has 
brought  us  to  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  services  of 
L.  Wilbur  Messer  as  general  secretary  of  this  association. 
Those  who  have  been  responsible  for  the  preparation  of  the 
volume  desire  without  his  knowledge  or  consent  to  bear  testi- 
mony to  the  faithfulness,  far-sightedness  and  success  of  these 
years. 

I.  E.  Brown. 

Chairman  Publication  Committee 
Chicago,  March  15,  1913 


Fifty-five   Years   The   Young  Men's 

Christian   Association   of 

Chicago 


The  First  Association 

A  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION  was 
organized  in  Chicago  in  the  year  1852,  the  same  year 
when  organizations  were  formed  in  a  number  of  the  larger 
cities  of  North  America.  The  Chicago  association  was  rep- 
resented at  the  first  international  convention  at  Buffalo, 
June  7  and  8,  1854.  One  of  the  two  delegates  from  this  city 
was  Cyrus  Bentley,  who  afterward  became  the  first  president 
of  the  present  organization.  Another  delegate  was  W.  P. 
Montgomery,  who  made  the  following  report: 

"Mr.  President:  About  eighteen  months  since,  a  few 
pious  young  men  met  at  a  private  room  in  Chicago,  and  held  a 
consultation  as  to  measures  for  the  religious  improvement  of 
strangers  as  well  as  residents  in  the  city.  There  were  many 
places  of  common  resort  for  young  men  —  saloons  where  young 
men  were  being  transformed  by  an  easy,  natural  process  into' 
loafers;  alleys  well  furnished  with  liquors  and  means  of 
amusements;  pitfalls  well  concealed  in  which  young  men 
were  sinking  to  ruin  by  scores  —  but  the  city  possessed  but 
few  facilities  for  the  moral  benefit  of  strangers  among  us.  At 
a  public  meeting  the  Chicago  Young  Meri's  Christian  Associa- 
tion was  organized.  A  goodliumber  at  once  joined,  now  about 
150.  A  room  was  secured  and  fitted  comfortably.  The  room 
had  been  called  "Harmony  Hall"  —  said  to  have  been  the 
favorite  and  frequent  resort  of  spirits  (whether  from  above  or 
beneath,  we  do  not  know).     There  had  been  reputed  mani- 

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2  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

festations  and  spirit-rappings,  led  on  and  induced  by  Seth 
Paine,  noted  as  the  self-styled  spiritual  banker,  and  his  cashier, 
J.  B.  Eddy,  recently  of  the  Insane  Asylum.  Suffice  it  to  say, 
the  "mediums"  left,  and  we  have  not  been  molested  by  a 
plurality  of  spirits.  One  spirit  of  "harmony,"  union,  and 
Christian  love  has  prevailed  since.  We  trust  our  association 
has  accomplished  good.  We  hope  it  may  do  much  more.  We 
cannot  report  a  large  body;  but  certainly  an  interesting  field 
for  action.  The  situation  of  Chicago  (I  mean  geographically) 
is  making  it  the  reception  tunnel  of  the  mighty  Northwest. 
Hundreds  and  thousands  are  pouring  into  it.  The  Christian 
young  men  of  Chicago  feel,  in  a  measure,  the  importance  of 
raising  a  beacon  light.  As  yet  it  is  faint  and  feeble.  We 
fondly  hope  this  may  be  fanned  to  a  livid  flame  —  that  there 
may  be  a  Bethel,  not  only  for  the  young  men  of  our  city,  but 
a  sacred,  hallowing  influence  to  shield,  to  help,  to  save  those 
coming  that  way. 

"Relying  upon  Divine  assistance,  we  hope  to  continue  instant 
in  season  and  out  of  season,  and  would,  as  an  association,  give 
all  kindred  societies  the  right  hand  of  fellowship." 

The  Chicago  association  did  not  enter  the  confederation  of 
associations  and  probably  soon  ceased  to  exist,  as  it  was  not 
represented  at  the  second  convention,  in  1855,  or  the  third 
convention,  in  1856. 

Early  Days 

The  present  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago 
was  organized  in  the  month  of  March,  1858.  Within  the 
preceding  year  a  great  financial  panic  had  swept  over  the 
country.  While  this  was  at  its  height,  the  first  Fulton-street 
(New  York)  prayer-meeting  was  held,  from  which  dated  a 
general  revival  of  religion.  Out  of  this  great  revival  came  the 
Chicago  association.  A  noon  prayer-meeting  was  started 
in  the  old  Metropolitan  Hall,  which  stood  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  La  Salle  and  Randolph  Streets.  President  Cyrus 
Bentley  in  his  inaugural  address,  June  21,  1858,  gave  expression 
to  the  deep  religious  feeling  of  the  time : 


EARLY  DAYS  3 

"During  the  past  few  months  God  has,  in  His  infinite 
mercy,  favored  our  land  with  a  most  glorious  work  of  grace 
.  .  .  From  all  classes,  ages,  and  conditions  of  society 
have  been  gathered  precious  trophies  of  His  victorious  power. 
Especially  from  the  young  men  of  our  land  have  been  raised  up, 
as  the  fruits  of  this  work  of  the  spirit,  a  great  army. 
Moved  by  the  reports  that  are  borne  to  us  of  the  benign  results 
achieved  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  of  other 
cities,  we  have  spontaneously  come  up  hither  from  the  various 
evangelical  churches  of  the  city,  without  any  reference  to  sect 
or  denominational  preferences,  and  organized  this  association, 
for  the  avowed  purpose,  under  God,  of  rescuing  and  saving  these 
vast  numbers  of  young  men  in  our  city  from  the  temporal  and 
eternal  ruin  to  which  they  are  exposed.  On  the  banner  we 
this  night  unfurl  to  the  breeze  of  heaven  is  emblazoned  this 
grand  purpose  of  our  combined  energies,  under  the  Almighty, 
'The  Salvation  of  Young  Men.'" 

The  organization  of  the  association  here,  as  elsewhere, 
marked  the  surrender  of  the  prolonged  effort  to  secure  a  united 
church  through  doctrinal  discussion,  and  the  beginning  of  the 
great  movement  to  reach  an  essential  unity  by  co-operation  in 
practical  Christian  work.  The  association  created  no  new  arena 
for  discussion.  It  assumed,  without  controversy,  the  funda- 
mental truths  of  evangelical  Christianity  and  furnished  an 
opportunity  for  a  broad  co-operation  in  Christian  service. 

The  establishment  of  the  Chicago  association  came  early 
in  the  great  movement  of  which  it  has  since  been  a  conspicuous 
part.  It  was  on  June  6,  1844,  that  twelve  young  men  met  in 
an  upper  room  of  a  mercantile  house  in  London,  at  the  call  of 
George  Williams,  to  consider  the  advisability  of  forming  a 
"Society  for  improving  the  spiritual  condition  of  young  men 
engaged  in  the  drapery  and  other  trades."  Two  weeks  later 
they  adopted  a  constitution  in  which  the  new  society  was 
called,  "The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,"  and  its 
objects  defined  to  be  "the  improvement  of  the  spiritual  con- 
dition of  young  men  engaged  in  the  drapery  and  other  trades, 
by  the  introduction  of  religious  services  among  them."     A 


4  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

year  later  the  object  was  stated  to  be  "to  improve  the  spiritual 
and  mental  condition  of  young  men  in  houses  of  business." 
By  1846  the  object  had  become,  "the  spiritual  and  mental 
improvement  of  young  men  by  any  means  in  accordance  with 
the  Scriptures." 

The  vast  industrial  revolution  of  our  time  had,  by  the 
middle  of  the  century,  made  the  modern  city  a  magnet  of 
irresistible  power.  Already  the  endless  migration  from  the 
country  to  the  city,  which  is  transforming  a  rural  to  an  urban 
population,  had  begun.  As  Mr.  Doggett,*  in  his  history  of  the 
association,  has  pointed  out,  the  industrial  city  was  becoming 
the  home  of  the  young  men  of  the  protestant  world.  These 
conditions,  with  their  temptations  to  young  men  living  away 
from  home  in  cities,  called  for  the  association.  It  is  a  product 
of  the  modern  city.  That  a  practical  organization  "to  extend 
the  kingdom  of  Christ  among  young  men"  should  rapidly 
extend  itself  to  all  modern  cities  was  inevitable.  The  need 
which  it  met  was  neither  local  nor  transient,  but  general  and 
permanent.  By  1851  associations  had  been  formed  at  eight 
points  in  London  and  in  sixteen  other  cities  in  the  united  king- 
dom. In  that  year  associations  were  founded  in  Montreal  and 
Boston.  These  were  followed  within  the  next  few  years  by 
similar  associations  in  Toronto,  Worcester,  Springfield,  Buffalo, 
New  York,  Washington,  New  London,  Detroit,  Concord,  New 
Orleans,  Baltimore,  Chicago,  Peoria,  Louisville,  San  Francisco, 
and  other  cities.  The  first  period  in  the  development  of  the 
association  on  this  continent  extends  from  the  organization 
of  the  Montreal  and  Boston  associations  in  1851  to  the  loca- 
tion of  the  international  committee  in  New  York  in  1866. 

"This  period  of  fifteen  years,  in  spite  of  the  movement 
toward  unity  and  the  establishment  of  a  national  alliance,  in 
contrast  with  later  development  must  be  called  a  period  of 
local  effort.  There  was  no  general  consciousness  of  a  great 
national  or  world-wide  movement."  t 

Thus  it  appears  that  the  formation  of  the  Chicago  associa- 

*  A  History  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.     Doggett,  p.  23. 
t  History  of  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.     Doggett,  p.  106. 


EARLY   DAYS  5 

tion  came  early  in  the  general  movement,  and  before  the  devel- 
opment of  the  efficient  advisory  supervision  which  has  since 
unified  the  associations  everywhere  and  established  a  world- 
wide fellowship  among  Christian  young  men.  It  was  organized 
at  the  close  of  the  great  revival  of  1857,  to  meet  a  pressing 
local  need  of  a  new  city  whose  growth  was  mainly  due  to  the 
coming  of  young  men  from  without.  As  we  have  seen,  its 
founders  were  moved  to  adopt  the  association  form  of  organiza- 
tion by  the  reports  that  were  borne  in  upon  them,  "of  the 
benign  results  achieved  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tions of  other  cities." 

The  records  clearly  testify  that  the  founders  of  the  Chicago 
association  realized  something  of  the  importance  of  their 
undertaking.  The  steps  resulting  in  organization  were  taken 
with  great  deliberation  and  with  a  due  sense  of  responsibility. 

"Prefatory  Statement :— On  the  22nd  of  March,  1858, 
pursuant  to  a  call  published  by  a  society  of  young  men,  known 
as  'The  Chicago  Young  Men's  Society  for  Religious  Improve- 
ment,' in  the  Chicago  daily  papers,  a  large  number  of  young  men 
favorable  to  the  organization  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  in  this  city,  met  at  the  time  and  place  mentioned 
in  the  notice.  The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  Edw^ard 
Couper,  and  on  motion,  John  E.  Rhees  was  appointed  tempora- 
ry chairman,  and  William  Aitchinson,  Jr.,  secretary. 

"The  meeting  was  formally  opened  by  the  reading  of  the 
Scriptures,  singing,  and  prayer;  after  which,  the  following 
resolution  was  unanimously  adopted : 

"  'Resolved,  That  we  regard  it  expedient  to  organize  a 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  this  city,  on  a  similar 
basis  with  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  now  existing 
in  the  United  States  and  British  Provinces.' 

"A  committee  of  seven  persons,  one  from  each  evangelical 
denomination  represented,  was  appointed  to  mature  a  plan  of 
organization,  and  report  at  an  adjourned  meeting.  The  meet- 
ing then  adjourned  to  meet  at  the  same  place  on  the  evening 
of  the  29th  of  March. 

'  On  the  29th  of  March  a  meeting  was  held  pursuant  to 
adjournment.  After  the  opening  devotional  services,  the 
committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  reported  through  their 
chairman,  John  A.  Nichols,  a  draft  of  a  preamble  and  consti- 
tution. 


6  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

"The  preamble  was  unanimously  adopted  and  the  consti- 
tution taken  up  for  discussion  and  adoption,  article  by  article. 
The  debate  upon  the  constitution  continued  through  this 
meeting,  and  meetings  held  on  the  1st,  6th,  15th  and  19th  of 
April,  on  which  last  occasion  the  constitution  subjoined  hereto 
was  adopted. 

"At  a  subsequent  meeting,  held  April  26th,  the  constitution, 
as  adopted,  was  read  and  signed  by  the  young  men  present. 

"The  officers  of  the  association  were  elected  May  17th, 
and  entered  upon  the  discharge  of  their  duties  at  the  first 
annual  meeting,  June  21st,  suitable  and  convenient  rooms 
having  meantime  been  prepared  at  205  Randolph  Street."  — 
First  Report  of  the  Chicago  Association. 

Dr.  John  H.  Hollister,  who  soon  actively  engaged  in  the 
work,  writes  of  the  "noon  prayer-meeting"  as  a  spontaneous 
expression  of  the  great  religious  awakening  of  1857,  and  adds: 
"This  paved  the  way  and  made  the  organization  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  possible.  It  seemed  to  some  of 
the  pastors  as  a  possible  innovation  upon  established  church 
and  denominational  methods.  But  the  young  men  of  the 
churches  had  clasped  hands  in  Christian  and  fraternal  fellow- 
ship, and  it  was  idle  to  oppose  their  methods,  so  reasonable  was 
their  way.  ...  It  was  a  sight  more  novel  then  than  it 
would  be  now  to  see  such  men  as  Doctor  Humphrey  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Doctor  Evarts  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  Bishop  Cheney  (then  a  young  man)  and  other  pastors 
with  them,  meeting  upon  a  common  platform  to  commend  this 
new  work  and  give  to  the  young  association  expressions  of  their 
approval  and  their  prayers  for  its  success." 

The  new  association,  in  its  first  constitution,  announced 
its  object  to  be  "the  improvement  of  the  spiritual,  intellectual, 
and  social  conditions  of  young  men."  This,  in  its  second 
constitution,  became  "the  spiritual,  intellectural,  and  social 
improvement  of  all  within  its  reach,  irrespective  of  age,  sex,  or 
condition,  but  especially  of  young  men."  Finally,  in  its  third 
constitution  it  is  stated  that  "The  object  of  this  association 
shall  be  the  improvement  of  the  spiritual,  mental,  social,  and 
physical  condition  of  young  men."  Among  the  first  officers 
and  members  of  the  association  appear  the  well-known  names 


EARLY  OFFICIALS  THE  YOUNG   MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION  OF 

CHICAGO 
L.  Z.  Leiter  H.  D.  Penfield  Orrin'gton  Luxt 

S.  M.  Moore  Lyman  J.  Gage  William  H.  Rand 

F.  G.  Ensign  E.  W.  Blatchford  H.  E.  Sargent 

Henry  J.  Willing  Wm.  Blair  T.  M.  Avery 


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8  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

of  Cyrus  Bentley,  D.  L.  Moody,  W.  C.  Grant,  B.  F.  Jacobs, 
A.  L.  Coe,  John  V.  Farwell,  L.  L.  Bond,  I.  N.  Isham,  P.  L. 
Underwood,  William  H.  Rand,  L.  Z.  Leiter,  H.  J.  Willing, 
Orrington  Lunt,  and  N.  S.  Bouton. 

The  association,  upon  its  organization,  opened  rooms  at 
No.  205  Randolph  Street.  Here  was  established  "a  common 
place  of  resort,  to  which  to  invite  the  idle  and  thoughtless 
young  men  of  the  city,  where  they  may  pass  their  time  pleasant- 
ly and  profitably  in  reading  and  in  intercourse  with  Christian 
young  men,  and  thus  be  brought  under  religious  influences."  * 
Indeed,  the  new  organization  very  closely  imitated  the  parent 
association  by  inviting  young  men  "to  a  well-selected  library, 
to  classes  for  mental  culture  under  Christian  teachers,  and  to 
rooms  adapted  to  their  use,  where,  withdrawn  from  the 
temptations  of  ungodly  society,  they  might  spend  their 
evenings  in  suitable  companionship,  or  in  pursuit   of  useful 

information,  "t 

Those  responsible  for  the  association  early  became  con- 
vinced of  the  permanent  character  of  the  work  upon  which 
they  had  entered.  The  general  assembly  of  Illinois,  on  the 
birthday  of  Washington,  1861,  bj^  special  charter  provided  that 
"Cyrus  Bentley,  J.  P.  Babcock,  William  Blair,  E.  S.  Wads- 
worth,  Tuthill  King,  Peter  Gage,  Orrington  Lunt,  J.  V.  Farwell, 
Hugh  T.  Dickey,  Henry  W.  Hinsdale,  W.  W.  Boyington,  T.  M. 
Eddy,  Robert  Boyd,  and  their  associates,  are  hereby  created  a 
body  corporate,  under  the  name  of  the  '  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,'  and  by  that  name  shall  be  recognized  .  .  . 
for  the  term  of  one  thousand  years."  This  charter  was  amended 
by  special  act  of  February  21,  1867.  By  the  charter,  as 
amended,  the  association  is  authorized  to  acquire  and  hold  real 
estate  and  personal  property  for  its  corporate  purposes,  exempt 
from  taxation.  The  amendatory  act  constituted  T.  M.  Avery, 
E.  W.  Blatchford,  J.  V.  Farwell,  William  L.  Lee,  H.  E.  Sargent, 
A.  R.  Scranton,  E.  B.  McCagg,  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  H.  A. 
Hurlbut,  George  Armour,  E.  D.  L.  Sweet,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  and 

*  Inaugural   address   by    President    Cyrus    Bently,    .June    21,    1858. 
t  Shipton's    History,    p.    72. 


EARLY  DAYS  9 

their  successors,  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Chicago. 

The  first  constitution  of  the  association  provided  for  active, 
associate,  hfe,  and  honorary  members.  The  membership 
on  June  21,  1858,  when  what  was  termed  "the  first  annual 
meeting,"  was  held,  was  as  follows:  Active,  one  hundred  and 
fifty-three;  associate,  fourteen;  life,  thirteen.  Here,  as  general- 
ly elsewhere,  "the  evangelical  test"  was  applied  to  the  active 
or  voting  membership.  The  first  and  second  constitutions 
provided  that  "Any  male  member  of  good  standing  in  any 
evangelical  church,  which  holds  the  doctrine  of  justification 
by  faith  in  Christ  alone,  may  become  an  active  member." 
This  was  at  first  limited,  however,  to  persons  under  forty  years 
of  age.  The  third  constitution  provides  that  "Any  man  over 
sixteen  (16)  years  of  age,  who  is  a  member  in  good  standing 
of  an  evangelical  church,  may  become  an  active  member." 
The  first  constitution  provided  that  "Any  man  of  good  moral 
character  may  become  an  associate  member."  The  second 
constitution  provided  that  "Any  man  may  become  an  associate 
member."  The  third  constitution  provides  that  "Any  man 
over  sixteen  (16)  years  of  age,  who  is  of  good  moral  character, 
may  become  an  associate  member."  The  second  constitution 
added  an  auxiliary  membership,  under  which  term  "any 
woman"  might  become  a  member  and  entitled  to  all  the 
privileges  of  associate  members.  The  third  constitution 
dropped  the  life  and  auxiliary  memberships. 

It  thus  appears  that  the  Chicago  association  was  organized 
on  broad  and  definite  lines.  The  years  that  have  since  passed 
have  witnessed  changes,  experiments,  growth.  Yet  we  can 
now  clearly  see  a  more  than  human  wisdom  in  the  work  of  its 
earlj^  days.  The  association  still  breathes  the  freshness  of 
its  first  beginnings.  While  its  early  definite  purpose,  the 
salvation  of  young  men,  was  for  a  time  obscured  by  efforts 
for  the  general  good,  it  was  never  lost.  Through  experiences 
of  fire  and  tumult,  in  the  midst  of  a  marvelous  material  devel- 
opment incident  to  the  city's  growth  in  population  from  one 
hundred  thousand  to  two  millions  within  a  space  of  fifty  years, 


10  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

the  association  has  held  aloft  a  spiritual  ideal  of  transcendant 
value.  We  have  seen  that  on  the  banner  unfurled  by  the  first 
president  was  emblazoned  its  purpose,  "The  salvation  of  young 
men."  This  banner,  during  these  fifty  years,  has  never  been 
furled,  nor  its  announcement  of  purpose  changed.  Its  words 
are  clearer  and  more  inclusive  now  than  when  proclaimed  by 
Cyrus  Bentley  in  those  early  days. 

The  First  Period.     (1858-1888.) 

The  history  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago  may  be  readily  separated  into  four  periods.  The 
first  of  these  includes  the  work  from  1858  to  the  radical  change 
to  the  metropolitan  plan  in  1888.  A  glance  at  the  population 
of  Chicago  at  different  periods  will  show  the  rapid  changes 
in  the  needs  of  the  city  as  it  grew  from  a  village  to  a  metropolis. 
Means  which  were  fully  adequate  in  the  early  days  became 
antiquated  and  insufiicient  as  time  advanced  and  population 
increased.  Every  form  of  human  activity  in  a  place  where 
changes  were  so  rapid  as  in  Chicago  had  to  be  subject  to 
frequent  rearrangement.  Enterprises  which  did  not  keep  up 
with  the  spirit  of  the  times  had  to  be  content  to  lag  behind  and 
eventually  to  lose  their  places  in  the  community.  We  must 
not,  however,  undervalue  the  early  work  because  it  was  done 
by  different  methods  from  those  we  now  employ.  We  should 
rather  be  thankful  for  the  consecrated  efforts  of  the  men  who 
did  each  year  that  which  their  hands  found  to  do,  and  who  did 
it  with  wisdom  and  zeal  inspired  by  love  for  God  and  man. 
There  existed  in  Chicago,  before  the  revival  of  1858,  several 
social  and  literary  associations.  At  least  one  of  these,  the 
Library  Association,  had  a  considerable  membership  of  Chris- 
tian young  men.  These  associations  gradually  disappeared 
and  in  their  places  grew  up  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion. The  first  rooms  occupied  by  the  association  were  at 
205  Randolph  Street.  In  April,  1859,  the  committee  on  rooms 
rented  convenient  quarters  in  the  Methodist  Church  block, 
southeast  corner  of  Washington  and  Clark  Streets.  The  work 
prospered  from  the  first  and  the  association  soon  found  itself 


THE  FIRST  PERIOD  11 

deeply  interested  in  every  good  work  connected  with  the  city. 
Apart  from  the  ever-pressing  needs  connected  with  the  reUgious 
life  of  the  city,  it  became  the  recognized  center  for  all  kinds  of 
active  work. 

The  lyceura  lecture  system  was  beginning  to  be  recognized 
as  a  great  power,  and  the  association  took  advantage  of  this 
circumstance  to  bring  to  the  city  lecturers  of  national  reputation 
whose  influence  was  always  for  good.  The  relief  funds  of  the 
city,  because  of  the  lack  of  any  other  organized  means  of 
distribution,  were  turned  over  to  the  association,  and  for 
several  years  its  committees  looked  after  the  interests  of  the 
many  suffering  poor,  worthy  and  unworthy,  who  even  at  this 
early  day  pressed  to  the  city  in  undue  numbers.*  The  asso- 
ciation was  also  the  headquarters  for  social  Christian  work, 
uniting  with  the  churches  in  their  efforts  to  furnish  a  halting 
place  for  the  multitudes  of  young  men  who  were  constantly 
attracted  here  by  hope  of  profitable  employment.  Many  of 
these  young  men,  then  as  now,  found  the  realization  of  their 
hopes  and  ambitions  extremely  difficult.  Daily  encourage- 
ment and  assistance  has  been  given  by  the  association  during 
all  these  years,  and  many  interesting  accounts  might  be  given 
of  men  who  were  saved  to  themselves  and  to  the  world  by  the 
sympathetic  words  of  the  wise  and  devoted  men  who  have 
served  on  the  committees  or  as  superintendents  and  secretaries 
in  connection  with  this  important  work. 

The  Sabbath  question  was  one  that  was  considered  seriously 
and  constantly,  and  efforts  were  regularly  made  to  diminish, 
so  far  as  possible,  the  desecration  of  the  Lord's  Day.  Efforts 
were  also  made  to  find  occupation  for  unemployed  men,  and 
to  provide  business  men  with  such  help  as  they  might  need. 

*  The  relief  work  carried  on  by  the  association  at  the  time  of  the 
Great  Fire  by  the  following  items,  dating  from  December,  1871,  which 
were  printed  in  slip  form,  copies  of  which  have  recently  come  into  the 
possession  of  the  association. 


12  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

Rebuilding  Chicago 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Fully  Reorganized  —  Acknowledgment  of 
Money  and  Supplies  —  The  New  Free  Library  —  Noon 
Prayer  Meeting  —  Lecture  Course. 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  has  been  among 
the  first  to  reorganize  after  the  fire.  The  indomitable  energy 
of  such  men  as  Farwell,  Moody,  Whittle,  Jacobs,  and  Cheney, 
at  once  impelled  them  to  the  front  of  the  relief  work,  and  they 
have  been  actively  engaged  in  special  relief  ever  since  the  fire, 
in  the  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church,  corner  of  Peoria  and  Jack- 
son Streets.  On  Saturday,  the  25th,  they  acknowledged  the 
receipt  of  $11,767.67,  and  671  boxes  and  barrels  of  clothing  to 
that  date. 

Their  new  Free  Library  and  Reading  Rooms,  No.  95  West 
Randolph  Street,  will  be  opened  to  the  public  on  Saturday 
next,  at  noon.  The  Noon  Prayer-Meeting  will  meet  there  on 
that  day,  and  will  continue  to  assemble  in  these  rooms,  which 
are  situated  in  the  very  focus  of  business.  J.  W.  Goodspeed, 
the  publisher  of  Dr.  Goodspeed's  History  of  the  Great  Fire,  has 
generously  donated,  from  the  profits  of  that  book,  a  beautiful 
Burdett  organ,  worth  over  $200,  for  the  noon  meeting.  Messrs. 
Scribner's  generous  proposal  to  all  American  publishers  to 
donate  complete  sets  of  their  publications  for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Free  Library  has  been  accepted,  and  the  agent  of  the  Associa- 
tion is  now  in  the  East  shipping  the  books. 

The  lecture  course,  begun  by  Anna  Dickinson,  and  comprising 
the  names  of  Holland,  John  B.  Gough,  etc.,  is  an  assured  success. 

All  the  religious  meetings  of  the  association  have  been  re- 
sumed. The  Strangers'  Meeting  on  Monday  evening  has  been 
full  and  deeply  interesting.  The  Yokefellows'  Meeting,  on 
Saturday  evening,  has  been  deeply  interesting.  Letters  of 
inquiry  after  missing  friends  are  daily  received  by  the  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  and  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Yokefellows,  who  find  the 
party,  if  he  is  in  the  city,  and  report  to  his  anxious  friends. 
The  Sufferers'  Meeting  in  the  Seventh  Presbyterian  Church, 
every  Sabbath  evening,  has  been  fully  attended,  and  greatly 
blessed  to  all  present.     It  will  be  continued  during  the  winter. 

The  mission  school  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  will  be  prosecu- 
ted with  energy  during  the  winter.  Their  Sabbath  School 
Tabernacle,  at  the  barrack  grounds,  on  Harrison  Street,  will 
be  opened  on  Sabbath  afternoon,  and  the  work  on  Moody's 
Tabernacle  will  go  on  without  interruption.  The  publication 
of  the  December  number  of  "Everybody's  Paper"  is  going  on. 


THE   FIRST   PERIOD  13 

and  on  Saturday  100,000  copies  will  appear,  and  will  be  sent  to 
the  subscribers.  In  a  word,  all  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  is  again  in  full  operation:  and,  by  God's 
blessing,  will  continue  and  extend  its  useful  influences. — 
Chicago  Tribune. 

We  wish  we  had  the  space  this  week  to  speak  as  it  deserves 
of  the  good  work  that  our  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
is  doing  in  relieving  the  destitute.  The  delicacy  and  sympathy 
with  which  their  assistance  is  rendered,  and  which,  in  the  nature 
of  the  case,  can  hardly  be  so  exercised  by  the  regular  relief 
committees,  are  worth  quite  as  much  as  the  relief  that  goes 
with  them.  They  solicit  a  contribution  of  supplies  or  money 
from  the  churches  on  Thanksgiving  Day.  It  may  be  sent  to 
the  secretary  of  their  relief  committee.  Rev.  Robert  Patterson, 
corner  Peoria  and  Jackson  Streets. —  The  Advance. 

Enough  of  Clothing  for  Chicago 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago  grate- 
fully acknowledges  the  receipt  of  $16,533.12  and  959  packages 
clothing  and  stores,  which  they  are  now  dispensing  to  needy  and 
grateful  recipients,  many  of  whom  were  themselves  recently 
contributors  to  every  good  work. 

They  would  also  announce,  that  so  abundant  has  been  the 
supply  of  clothing,  that  all  deserving  persons  coming  under 
their  supervision  have  been  supplied,  or  will  be  supplied,  from 
the  contributions  already  made;  so  that  it  will  not  be  necessary 
to  trespass  further  upon  the  generosity  of  the  Christian  public 
for  clothing. 

The  prompt  and  generous  offerings  of  the  people  of  America 
have  been  as  unparalleled  in  the  history  of  charity  as  our 
affliction  has  been  distinguished  in  the  history  of  calamity. 
May  He  who  inspired  such  a  noble  outburst  of  Christian  charity 
abundantly  reward  the  givers,  in  this  life,  and  in  his  own  glorious 
kingdom,  where  want  and  sorrow  shall  be  unknown. 

The  immediate  necessity  for  clothing  and  bedding  having 
been  supplied,  the  fact  still  remains  that  70,000  persons  need 
weekly  supplies  of  food  and  fuel ;  and  more  than  half  that  num- 
ber must  pay  rent,  or  be  deprived  of  shelter;  while  the  storms  of 
winter  cut  off  the  usual  sources  of  out-door  employment  and 
the  losses  sustained  by  all  classes  have  annihilated  the  majority 
of  the  fancy  industries  carried  on  indoors,  leaving  large  numbers 
dependent  on  Christian  charity. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  will  endeavour  to  dispense  judiciously,  for 


14  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

the  relief  of  the  Christian  poor,  such  funds  as  may  be  entrusted 
to  them  for  that  purpose.  The  depot  at  Peoria  and  Jackson 
Streets  being  now  closed,  all  communications  should  be  directed 
to 

D.  L.  MOODY, 

Rooms  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 

95  W.  Randolph  St.,  Chicago. 

Robert  Patterson 

Sec'y.  Relief  Com. 
Dec.  16,  1871. 

The  association  has  always  been  the  natural  enemy  of 
intemperance  in  all  its  forms,  and  especially  opposed  to  the 
influence  of  the  saloon.  It  is  probably  within  bounds  to  say 
that  by  no  other  influence  have  so  many  young  men  been  kept 
from  the  ruinous  indulgence  of  their  appetites  as  by  the  asso- 
ciation. This  has  been  accomplished  not  only  by  pointing  out 
the  inevitable  harm  to  character  that  results  from  the  associa- 
tions of  the  saloon  to  all  who  come  under  its  influence,  but 
by  providing  wholesome  social  recreation  and  occupation  for 
young  men  outside  their  hours  of  labor.  In  this  way  thousands 
have  been  saved  from  most  insidious  temptations,  and  many 
others  who  had  lost  their  self-respect  and  power  for  usefulness 
have  been  restored  to  the  community  as  Christian  men. 

In  the  midst  of  all  these  many  opportunities,  the  war  of  the 
rebellion  came.  The  association  promptly  showed  that  even 
war  may  have  its  humanitarian  and  Christian  side.  The  army 
committee  was  organized  and  continued  its  activities  during 
the  whole  of  the  great  conflict.  Under  the  chairmanship  of 
J.  V.  Farwell  it  even  went  so  far  as  to  raise  companies  for  a 
distinctively  Christian  regiment.  Members  of  the  association 
visited  the  southern  prisoners  at  Camp  Douglas  and  preached 
to  them  the  gospel  of  peace.  The  work  of  the  Sanitary  Com- 
mission was  generously  supported.  The  work  of  the  United 
States  Christian  Commission  which  was  inaugurated  by 
associations  in  a  special  convention  held  in  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1861,  was  strongly  supported  by  the  association  here. 
All  the  agencies  within  its  power,  whether  for  upholding  the 
union  cause,  or  mitigating  the  horrors  of  war,  were  fully  em- 


THE   FIRST  PERIOD  15 

ployed.  Its  literature  was  in  every  camp  and  its  representa- 
tives were  to  be  found  on  every  battlefield.    , 

The  pastors  of  various  churches  and  others  interested  in  the 
city  tract  work  in  1862,  requested  the  association  to  assume 
charge  of  the  distribution  of  religious  tracts  and  other  papers 
in  the  city,  and  to  select  or  publish  the  necessary  tracts  or  papers 
in  connection  with  a  committee  consisting  of  Rev.  Doctor  Evarts 
(Baptist) ;  Professor  F.  W.  Fisk  (Congregational) ;  Rev.  Doctor 
Pratt  (Episcopal);  Rev.  T.  M.  Eddy  (Methodist);  Rev.  A. 
Swazey  (Presbyterian);  Rev.  Robert  Patterson  (Scotch  Pres- 
byterian). The  constitution  of  this  committee  shows  how 
the  work  of  the  association  had  become  an  aid  to  the  work  of  the 
churches,  and  how  readily  many  of  the  pastors  of  diverse 
creeds  united  in  its  work.  The  constitution  of  the  association 
was  amended  in  1863  so  that  women  might  become  auxiliary 
life  members  by  the  payment  of  five  dollars  each.  While  this 
action  had  many  things  in  its  favor  at  the  time,  in  later  years 
their  valuable  aid  has  been  secured  without  the  privileges 
of  membership. 

The  subject  of  procuring  a  permanent  building  and  grounds 
as  a  home  for  the  association  occupied  the  serious  attention  of 
the  board  of  managers  in  1864,  and  a  special  committee,  con- 
sisting of  B.  F.  Jacobs,  P.  L.  Underwood,  Charles  Covell  and 
D.  L.  Moody,  was  appointed  with  instructions  to  inquire  on  what 
terms  grounds  could  be  purchased  and  in  regard  to  the  feasibility 
of  erecting  a  suitable  building.  As  a  result  of  this  movement 
the  first  building  of  the  association  was  dedicated  on  Arcade 
Court.  A  full  account  of  the  several  buildings  of  the  association 
is  reserved  for  the  chapter  on  "Buildings." 

The  association  undertook  in  1866,  through  its  boarding- 
house  committee,  the  establishment  of  a  boarding-house  for 
women  at  532  West  Madison  Street.  In  the  same  year  P.  L. 
Underwood  was  requested  to  prepare  a  petition  to  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state  in  the  name  of  the  association  for  the 
establishment  in  Chicago  of  a  board  of  health  similar  to  that 
in  New  York  City.  The  law  committee  was  also  in  that  year 
requested  to   make  preliminary   inquiries   and   investigations 


16  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

toward  overcoming  the  evils  resulting  from  the  violation  of  the 
Sunday  liquor  laws. 

The  library  committee  was  instructed  in  1875  to  place  in 
the  library  two  sets  of  chessmen,  accessible  to  any  who  might 
desire  to  use  them  there.  This  is  the  first  mention  of  games 
in  the  rooms  of  the  association.  Since  that  time  one  of  the 
duties  of  the  proper  committee  has  been  to  provide  games  for 
all  who  desire  to  play  them.  These  games  have  proved  very 
attractive,  and  have  kept  many  young  men  pleasantly  occupied 
at  times  when  idleness  would  have  exposed  them  to  special 
temptations. 

The  following  extracts  from  letters  written  by  Dr.  J.  H. 
Hollister  and  Major  D.  W.  Whittle,  give  clear  pictures  of  the 
work  of  the  early  days,  and  show  the  spirit  in  which  all  of  the 
plans  of  the  association  were  undertaken  and  carried  out. 

Doctor  Hollister,  under  date  of  March  15,  1898,  wrote: 

"I  became  a  resident  of  Chicago  April  11,  1855.  Its  popu- 
lation at  the  close  of  1854  was  sixty -five  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy-two.  The  whole  West  was  everywhere  wild  with 
speculation  until  the  financial  crash  of  1857.  Men  stood 
aghast  as  they  suddenly  found  themselves  penniless  and 
without  employment.  Then  came  that  wonderful  religious 
revival  which  swept  all  over  this  country  and  across  the  Atlantic. 
The  churches  were  filled  with  anxious  and  penitent  hearers. 
The  noon  prayer-meeting  in  1857  and  1858  was  a  spontaneous 
expression  of  the  religious  awakening  which  was  everywhere 
felt.  Old  "Metropolitan  Hall,"  northwest  corner  of  La  Salle 
and  Randolph  Streets,  was  daily  crowded  to  its  last  bit  of 
standing  room  at  the  noonday  prayer- meeting.  Its  meetings 
were  led  sometimes  by  pastors,  often  by  laymen.  All  protest- 
ants  united  in  this  common  and  continuous  revival  meeting. 

"This  union  of  Christians  paved  the  way  for  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  and  made  its  organization  possible. 
It  seemed  to  some  of  the  pastors  a  possible  innovation  upon 
established  church  and  denominational  methods.  But  the 
young  men  of  the  churches  had  clasped  hands  in  Christian  and 


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fraternal  fellowship,  and  it  was  idle  to  oppose  their  methods, 
so  reasonable  was  their  way. 

"Steadily  the  influence  grew  and  gained  in  favor  with 
pastors  and  with  the  people.  The  years  1859  to  1861  were 
tempestuous  times.  Civil  war,  with  all  its  horrors,  was  pre- 
cipitated. In  the  midst  of  the  tumult  the  voice  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  was  heard.  Young  men  by  scores 
went  from  its  prayer  rooms  to  the  battlefields.  The  infusion 
of  Christian  life  into  the  ranks  of  the  regiments  was  wonderful. 
Officers  high  in  rank  turned  to  the  associations  and  asked  them 
to  select  their  chaplains.  All  through  the  war,  in  close  touch 
with  every  battlefield  and  soldiers'  hospital,  the  fervent  prayers 
and  willing  labors  of  our  young  men  were  given  for  the  church  of 
Christ  and  a  united  country. 

"More  prominent  during  these  eventful  years  than  any 
other  in  the  work  of  the  association  was  Dwight  L.  Moody. 
Closely  related  to  him  was  John  V.  Farwell.  Along  with  these 
were  Cyrus  Bentley,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  P.  L.  Underwood  and  E.  S. 
Wells.     Of  course,  scores  of  others  belong  to  those  heroic  daj's. 

"The  annual  meetings  of  the  association  during  the  early 
years  of  its  history  were  eventful  gatherings.  It  was  a  sight 
more  novel  then  than  it  would  be  now  to  see  such  men  as 
Doctor  Humphrey  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Doctor 
Evarts  of  the  First  Baptist  church,  Bishop  Cheney  (then  a 
young  man)  and  other  pastors  with  them,  meeting  upon  a 
common  platform  to  commend  this  new  work  and  give  to  the 
young  association  expressions  of  their  approval,  and  their 
prayers  for  its  success.  The  association  w^as  ever  the  dutiful 
child  of  the  church,  and  always  loyal  to  it. 

"If  I  were  to  speak  of  the  most  successful  work  of  the 
association,  I  would  say:  First  in  importance  has  been  its 
good  influence  upon  j'oung  men.  Second,  its  maintenance 
of  the  noon-day  prayer-meeting,  helpful  to  so  many.  Third, 
its  spiritual  power  going  into  the  churches  and  families. 
Fourth,  a  development  of  brotherhood  and  fellowship  among 
the  churches,  which  was  before  unknown.     Fifth,  a  rescue  for 


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the  stranger  and  the  homeless.  Sixth,  an  avenue  to  rational 
enjoyments  and  atheltic  sports.  Seventh,  the  preaching,  by 
object-lessons  of  various  kinds,  of  applied  Christianity." 

Major  D.  W.  Whittle,  under  date  of  March  14,  1898,  wrote: 

"I  came  to  Chicago  April  1,  1857.  There  was  then  no 
association  in  the  city.  I  wish  there  had  been;  it  would  have 
been  a  help  to  me.  I  met  on  the  first  Sunday  I  was  in  the  city 
two  men  who  had  much  to  do  in  the  forming  of  the  association 
and  in  getting  me  into  it,  B.  F.  Jacobs  and  Cyrus  Bentley. 
One  was  the  superintendent  of  the  First  Baptist  Sunday  School, 
and  the  other  the  teacher  of  the  Young  Men's  Bible  Class  which 
I  joined  a  few  weeks  later.  I  attended  the  Congregational 
Church,  Rev.  W.  W.  Patton,  pastor,  and  joined  Dr.  J.  H. 
Ilollister's  Bible  Class. 

"I  well  remember  the  first  reception  held  by  Doctor  Hol- 
lister,  as  president  of  the  association,  in  one  of  the  rooms  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  building,  corner  of  Clark  and  Washington  streets, 
and  the  pleasant  impression  made  upon  me  (I  was  then  uncon- 
verted) by  the  cordiality  and  kind  interest  shown  in  the  young 
men  by  the  Christian  men  who  were  present.  Upon  my 
conversion,  in  1860,  I  became  an  active  member  of  the  associa- 
tion, and  was  often  present  at  the  noon  meetings,  held  in  the 
M.  E.  church  building. 

"Mr.  Moody  was  the  active  man  in  those  days,  and  gave 
much  time  to  the  building  up  of  the  association.  John  V. 
Farwell,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  F.  M.  Rockwell  and  Deacon  Hoyt  are 
among  those  whom  I  recall  as  connected  with  the  noon-day 
meetings  of  1860  and  1861.  In  1862  I  was  a  member  of  a  band 
of  association  men  in  raising  a  regiment  for  the  Civil  War. 
William  Holbrook,  Henry  C.  Mowry,  James  Sexton,  P.  L. 
Underwood,  Benjamin  W.  Underwood,  David  W.  Perkins, 
Henry  French,  Jacob  S.  Curtiss,  Porter  Ransom,  and  Isaac 
Haney  were  those  I  remember  of  this  company.  The  majority 
of  them  are  not  now  living.  We  were  authorized  by  the  war 
committee  of  the  association  to  recruit  men  under  its  auspices. 
We  raised  in  a  short  time  five  companies  and  could  have 
raised  five  companies  more,  but  were  consolidated  with  five 


THE  FIRST  PERIOD  19 

companies  raised  by  the  board  of  trade.  We  organized  as 
the  Seventy-second  Illinois  Infantry,  and  hurried  to  the  front. 
Many  of  the  men  of  our  regiment  were  Christians,  many 
became  Christians  during  their  army  life.  After  the  resigna- 
tion of  our  chaplain.  Rev.  Henry  E.  Barnes,  in  1863,  we  or- 
ganized a  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  for  the  regiment, 
and  under  its  auspices  and  by  its  officers  and  members  the 
religious  needs  of  the  regiment  were  cared  for  during  the  rest 
of  the  war.  We  found  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
well  adapted  to  army  conditions. 

"The  original  association  was  an  outgrowth  of  the  great 
revival  of  1857  and  1858,  and  is  connected  in  my  memory 
with  the  impressive  manifestations  of  the  spirit  of  God  that 
were  witnessed  in  those  days,  and,  in  later  days,  with  the 
revival  scenes  of  1875-1876,  when  Moody  and  Sankey  led  our 
forces  and  when  Miss  Willard,  Major  Cole,  P.  P.  Bliss,  John 
W,  Dean  and  others  began  their  work  for  Christ  in  Farwell 
Hall,  and  from  there  went  out  over  the  world." 

The  interests  which  engaged  the  attention  of  the  associa- 
tion gradually  became  so  various  that  it  was  evident  that  the 
line  must  be  sharply  drawn  between  the  work  for  young  men 
and  all  other  work.  No  other  means  of  doing  the  work  for 
which  the  association  was  founded  could  be  devised,  and 
happily  there  was  no  need  that  any  should  be  desired.  The 
association  had  stood  for  years  for  everything  that  was  good. 
In  its  desire  to  help,  it  had  made  the  mistakes  into  which 
generous  impulses  lead  individuals;  it  had  helped  everybody, 
and  some  of  its  beneficiaries  had  proved  unworthy.  It  had 
listened  to  every  one  who  had  a  progressive  idea  or  a  thought 
for  his  fellow  men,  and  so  it  had  listened  at  times  to  visionaries. 
It  had  pushed  forward  in  every  movement  that  promised  to  be 
good  and  had  sometimes  been  deceived.  In  the  meantime  the 
association  had  passed  from  infancy  to  manhood,  strengthened 
by  its  struggles,  and  was  beginning  to  realize  what  possibilities 
the  growth  of  the  city  and  the  new  conditions  of  life  had  placed 
in  its  way. 

The  election  of  James  L.  Hough teling  to  the  presidency 


20  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

in  1882  proved  to  be  a  long  step  toward  a  more  definite  work. 
The  city  had  become  too  large  for  the  association  to  do  all  the 
work,  so  it  began  to  restrict  itself  to  its  original  purpose.  The 
welfare  of  young  men  again  became  its  one  concern.  To  keep 
them  from  evil,  to  win  them  to  be  Christian  gentlemen,  indus- 
trious workmen,  good  citizens,  loyal  to  their  homes  and  the 
church,  more  and  more  became  the  purpose  of  its  committees, 
leaders  and  officers. 

It  was  during  Mr.  Houghteling's 'presidency  that  John  V. 
Farwell,  Jr.,  and  Cyrus  H.  McCormick  first  actively  engaged 
in  the  work  of  the  association.  These  three  able  and  devoted 
men  led  in  rounding  out  the  association  by  adding  to  its  strong 
spiritual  work,  social,  intellectual,  and  physical  activities. 
Under  their  guidance  one  general  agency  for  good  after  another 
has  been  removed  from  the  association  and  established  as  an 
independent  Christian  enterprise.  This  has  made  the  associa- 
tion strong  and  definite  without  impairing  the  efficiency  of 
other  agencies  for  good.  It  has  not  been  accomplished  by 
chance,  but  by  the  constant  effort  and  self-sacrifice  of  these 
efficient  leaders  and  those  who  have  been  associated  with  them 
in  the  work.  On  July  28,  1910,  Mr.  Houghteling  passed  from 
the  scenes  of  his  earthly  labors,  loved  and  honored  by  all  who 
knew  him. 

The  devotion  and  active  participation  of  practical  and  suc- 
cessful men  in  a  good  cause  leads  other  men  to  believe  in  it  and 
to  place  themselves  in  an  attitude  to  be  blessed  by  it.  That 
to  which  men  give  most  thought,  attention,  effort,  as  a  rule, 
is  that  to  which  they  adhere  with  greatest  loyalty.  The 
association  work  is  no  exception  to  the  rule,  for  its  closest  and 
best  friends  now  continue  to  be  those  whose  time  and  money 
and  efforts  have  been  most  freely  given  to  it  in  the  past.  That 
consecration  to  this  work,  as  to  all  good  work,  has  brought  its 
own  blessings  in  most  unexpected  and  providential  ways. 
The  presidents  of  the  association,  the  trustees,  the  managers, 
the  secretaries,  the  committeemen,  during  all  these  years 
have  been  thankful  to  God  that  He  has  made  such  work  a 


THE   FIRST  PERIOD  21 

possible  part  of  life  in  Chicago,  and  that  it  has  been  their 
privilege  to  participate  in  it. 

The  work  has  so  developed  that  specialized  agencies  are 
now  doing  what  the  association  for  a  time  undertook.  The 
relief  work,  in  which  for  years  the  association  was  so  prominent, 
is  now  cared  for  by  the  Relief  and  Aid  Society,  and  by  the  efforts 
of  organized  charity.  The  city  mission  work  is  committed  to 
the  various  churches  and  the  church  societies  to  which  it  proper- 
ly belongs.  The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  has  a 
work  as  thoroughly  adapted  to  the  needs  of  women  as  the 
work  of  this  association  is  to  those  of  men,  and  an  auxiliary 
membership  for  women  in  the  association  is  no  longer  required. 
The  literary  work,  pure  and  simple,  has  been  taken  up  by 
others;  and,  now  that  the  lyceum  bureau  has  been  superseded 
by  other  agencies,  the  eminent  speakers  of  the  world  come  to 
our  city  under  other  auspices.  Much  of  the  miscellaneous  social 
work  formerly  undertaken  by  the  association  has  found  a  more 
suitable  place  in  the  institutional  and  other  work  of  the  church- 
es. The  growth  of  denominational  and  miscellaneous  evangel- 
istic literature  has  rendered  unnecessary  the  earlier  work  of  the 
association  in  its  publication  and  circulation. 

Chicago  has  become  a  cosmopolitan  city  in  which  definite- 
ness  of  aim  and  specialization  of  effort  are  required.  As  the 
real  place  of  the  association  became  clear,  the  fields  of  other 
efforts  also  became  more  definite,  and  it  and  they  were  able  to 
develop  into  special  agencies. 

While,  as  we  have  seen,  the  association  for  a  time  became  a 
center  for  the  general  religious  and  philanthropic  work  of  the 
city,  the  fact  must  not  be  overlooked  that  it  never  lost  sight  of 
its  original  purpose.  This  appears  in  its  statement  of  objects 
in  the  second  constitution:  "the  spiritual,  intellectual,  and 
social  improvement  of  all  within  its  reach  irrespective  of  age, 
sex,  or  condition,  but  especially  of  young  men."  Here  the 
young  men,  though  reserved  for  the  last  clause,  are  given 
special  attention.  Their  importance  as  a  class,  their  need 
of  salvation,  were  ever  present  to  the  minds  of  the  consecrated 


22  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

men  who  directed  the  association  through  its  period  of  early 
growth  and  transition.  While  the  association  did  much  for 
other  classes  it  also  did  much  for  young  men.  The  noon-day 
meeting  and  the  other  religious  services  were  conducted  largely 
with  a  view  to  their  spiritual  needs  and  to  bring  them  to  Christ. 
To  attract  and  hold  them  was  the  main  purpose  in  the  intro- 
duction of  the  gymnasium  and  other  "secular  agencies,"  which 
were  for  a  time  regarded  with  suspicion  by  some  of  the  best 
friends  of  the  association. 

The  spirit  of  prayer,  upon  which  the  emphasis  was  placed 
from  the  beginning,  has,  during  these  years,  remained  the 
prevailing  spirit  of  the  association.  For  more  than  forty 
years  the  noon  meeting  was  maintained.  Even  when,  in  1868, 
fire  destroyed  the  first  building  of  the  association,  the  noon 
prayer-meeting  was  held  as  usual;  and  Heavenly  wisdom  was 
sought  in  the  midst  of  calamity.  When  the  second  building 
was  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1871,  the  disaster  which  for 
the  moment  seemed  irreparable  did  not  prevent  the  usual 
assembly  for  prayer.  The  association  has  always  contained 
men  who  believe  in  God  under  all  circumstances;  and  they 
have  given  constant  proof  to  the  world  of  what  God  had  done 
for  them,  and  of  what  they  believe  He  will  do  for  others.  The 
association  stands  today  a  monument  of  prayer-directed  effort. 
Its  work  has  far  surpassed  the  fondest  expectations  of  its 
founders,  and  will  continue  to  grow  as  long  as  there  are  conse- 
crated men  to  work  and  souls  to  save. 

F.  G.  Ensign  wrote:  "The  principal  feature  of  the  work 
during  the  early  years  was  the  daily  prayer-meeting,  and  the 
religious  efforts  growing  out  of  it.  The  fervor  of  the  brethren 
who  led  and  took  part  in  the  daily  meetings  was  inspiring,  and 
the  meeting  itself  was  a  sort  of  rallying  place  for  the  men  and 
women  who  were  occupied  in  the  various  lines  of  Christian  effort 
in  the  city.  Mr.  Moody  was  the  leading  spirit  and  gathered 
about  him  a  band  of  men  who  won  others  to  Christ.  The  very 
atmosphere  of  the  rooms  of  the  association  was  one  of  prayer 
and  praise.     Although  the  appointments   were  very   modest 


THE   FIRST  PERIOD  23 

and  plain,  the  spirit  of  those  who  met  in  those  daily  services 
was  one  of  remarkable  consecration." 

The  services  of  Dwight  L.  Moody,  in  the  early  days  of  the 
association,  were  of  inestimable  value;  and  his  influence  has 
remained  during  all  these  later  years  as  a  benediction.  From 
1861  until  1870  no  man  was  so  constant  and  persistent  in  the 
work  as  was  Mr.  Moody.  He  gave  to  it  the  first  labors  of  his 
early  days  and  the  ripe  thoughts  of  his  mature  years.  A 
well-known  business  man,  in  whose  store  Mr.  Moody  was  once 
employed,  said:  "Mr.  Moody  would  make  quite  a  good  clerk 
if  he  had  not  so  many  other  things  on  his  hands."  Those 
"other  things  "  were  the  eternal  interests  of  his  fellow  men;  and 
such  a  spirit  as  his  could  not  long  be  confined  even  by  the 
bonds  that  hold  most  men  to  the  appointed  tasks  by  which  they 
earn  their  daily  bread.  With  an  enthusiasm  that  could  not 
be  dampened,  and  an  energy  which  never  abated,  Mr.  Moody 
pursued  his  arrow-straight  course.  What  he  has  done  for 
communities  and  for  nations  in  these  later  years,  he  did  for  the 
association  in  its  early  days.  It  would  be  impossible  to  esti- 
mate his  usefulness  to  the  association,  or  to  catalogue  the 
details  of  his  successful  work.  The  association  claims  him  as 
its  greatest  single  champion,  and  honors  him  for  the  work  that 
he  did  while  here  not  less  than  for  the  work  for  the  world's 
evangelization  which  he  afterward  pursued  with  such  success. 
It  rejoices  that  one  whose  training  was  in  part  obtained  in  its 
service  should  be  so  manifestly  called  of  God  to  the  great  work 
in  which  he  engaged. 

Other  workers  in  the  same  field  during  the  first  period  have 
given  the  association  consecrated  service,  and  like  Mr.  Moody 
have  themselves  been  blessed  in  rendering  it.  The  names  of 
Frank  M.  Rockwell,  W.  W.  Vanarsdale,  and  A.  T.  Hemingway, 
the  other  general  secretaries  of  the  association  prior  to  1888, 
stand  for  all  that  is  patient,  effective,  and  consecrated  in 
Christian  work.  Each,  in  turn,  met  the  conditions  of  his  time, 
and  the  association  owes  and  pays  to  them  a  constant  recogni- 
tion of  merited  honor. 


24  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

During  the  service  of  Mr.  Rockwell,  from  1866  until  after 
the  great  fire,  new  problems  were  constantly  arising  on  account 
of  the  new  and  confused  condition  of  the  city.  To  the  solution 
of  these  problems  Mr.  Rockwell  gave  himself  with  untiring 
energy  and  with  marked  success. 

Within  Mr.  Vanarsdale's  term  of  service  the  association 
sold  its  publishing  business  to  Fleming  H.  Re  veil.  This  had 
grown  to  considerable  proportions.  It  was  also  during  this 
time  that  the  association  paper  was  started  by  Mr.  Vanarsdale. 
Since  November,  1874,  this  paper  has  had  a  continuous  existence 
under  various  names,  now  so  well  known  as  "Association  Men." 

Mr.  Hemingway  was  appointed  secretary  in  1878,  and  con- 
tinued his  work  with  a  slight  interruption  until  the  close  of  1887, 
During  this  important  period  Mr.  Hemingway  won  the  con- 
fidence of  his  associates  and  of  the  business  men  of  the  city  by 
his  devoted  and  self-sacrificing  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  work  and 
by  his  never-failing  sympathy  with  young  men.  Mr.  Heming- 
way did  much  to  increase  the  membership  and  the  financial 
constituency  of  the  association.  As  we  have  seen,  progress 
was  also  made  during  his  administration  in  the  direction  of  a 
more  definite  work  for  young  men. 

The  closing  years  of  this  period  prepared  the  way  for  the 
great  step  in  advance  involved  in  the  reorganization  and  ex- 
tension under  what  is  known  as  the  metropolitan  plan  of 
organization.  The  city  more  than  doubled  its  population  in 
the  decade  between  1880  and  1890.  The  plans  and  equipment 
which  had  served  for  a  city  of  less  than  a  half  million  souls  were 
more  and  more  felt  to  be  insufficient  as  the  city  rapidly  in- 
creased its  population.  In  the  midst  of  vast  material  ad- 
vances, the  need  of  greater  specialization  and  better  organiza- 
tion of  the  spiritual  forces  of  the  city  became  apparent.  The 
association,  in  common  with  the  other  spiritual  agencies  of  the 
city,  gradually  responded  to  its  growing  needs.  The  move- 
ment was  in  part  conscious,  in  part  due  to  changing  conditions. 
It  was  wholly  providential. 

Thus  the  association,  at  the  close  of  its  first  period,  looked 
back  upon  thirty  busy  years,  within  which  Chicago  had  grown 


GENERAL    SECRETARIES    THE   YOUNG    MEN'S  CHRISTIAN   ASSOCIA- 
TION OF  CHICAGO  1866-1913 


W.  W.  Van  Arsdale 


F.  M.  Rockwell 
L.  Wilbur  Messer 


A.  T.  Hemingway 


26  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

from  a  raw  provincial  community  of  one  hundred  thousand 
people  to  a  metropoHtan  city  of  a  miUion  souls.  It  cherished 
the  memory  of  a  unique  and  successful  co-operation  in  Christian 
work  by  many  men  of  differing  views,  who  came  together  from 
all  parts  of  the  world  to  unite  their  energies  in  building  an  im- 
perial city  within  a  single  generation.  It  cherished  as  its  own 
an  untarnished  and  precious  record  of  Christian  service,  per- 
formed by  many  noble  souls  under  conditions  of  difficulty  not 
elsewhere  known.  It  held  aloft,  in  the  presence  of  vast  material 
interests,  a  spiritual  ideal.  It  held  and  taught  that  character 
is  more  than  possessions,  that  the  things  which  are  eternal  and 
unseen  are  of  supreme  value. 

Thus  trained  and  equipped  by  the  successful  experiences 
of  thirty  years,  thus  inspired  by  noble  memories  and  purposes, 
the  association,  at  the  beginning  of  1888,  faced  the  larger  and 
more  definite  work  to  which  it  was  called  of  God. 

Life  Sketches  of  General  Secretaries. 

Rockwell,  Frank  Malaby,  born  December  5,  1838,  at 
Cornwall,  Vermont;  received  the  usual  public  school  education 
and  one  year  at  Madison  University;  was  always  interested  in 
religious  work  and  had  a  great  part  in  Chicago  among  the 
various  rehgious  institutions;  was  appointed  lay  evangelist, 
ordained  a  minister  in  Cooperstown,  North  Dakota,  where  he 
had  a  successful  pastorate;  secretary  of  the  Chicago  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
1866  to  1872;  superintendent  of  Farwell  Hall  up  to  the  time  of 
the  great  fire,  at  which  time  it  was  destroyed;  specially  interested 
in  the  reconstruction  work  in  connection  with  the  new  Chicago; 
member  of  Congregational  Church.     Died  April  9,  1887. 

Vanarsdale,  William  Warne,  born  October  24,  1845, 
at  Titus ville.  New  Jersey;  educated  in  pubhc  schools  and 
local  academy;  aldermanic  prohibition  candidate  two  years 
in  Chicago;  several  years  clerk  in  freight  office  of  the  Michigan 
Southern  Railroad;  General  Secretary  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Chicago,  1872  to  1878.  While  in  the  association 
service,  he  started  the  Watchman,  which  later  developed  into 
the  Young  Men's  Era,  and  is  now  Association  Men,  official 
organ  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  which  pubU- 
cation  he  continued  for  some  time.  Later  he  was  connected 
with  the  People's  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company.  Died 
October  29,  1907. 


BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 

OF  CHICAGO  1898 
Reading  from  left  to  right.  1st  Row,  Edward  P.  Bailey,  C.  M.  Higginson,  A.  B. 
Mead,  Edwin  Burritt  Smith.  2nd  Row,  Francis  W.  Parker,  John  M.  Ewen, 
W.  H.  HoLcoMB,  N.  S.  Davis,  Jr.  3rd  Row,  Russell  G.  Colgate,  Jr.,  Henry  M. 
Hubbard,  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.  4th  Row,  Arthur  D.  Wheeler,  Arthur  Heubt- 
LEY,  H.  M.  Starkey,  John  C.  Grant.  5th  Row.  R.  W.  Hare,  John  T.  Richards, 
D.  W.  Potter,  A.  E.  Wells,  W.  I.  Midler. 


28  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

Hemingway,  Anson  Tyler,  born  at  Plymouth,  Connecti- 
cut, August  26,  1844;  educated  in  public  schools  of  Plymouth 
and  Lyton,  Illinois;  two  years  at  Wheaton  College,  Illinois; 
entered  as  private.  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Regi- 
ment, 72nd  Illinois,  in  the  Civil  War,  1862;  promoted  First 
Lieutenant  70th  United  States  Colored  Infantry  in  1864; 
Provost  Marshall  Freedman's  Bureau,  1865;General  Secretary 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  1878  to  1888; 
now  engaged  in  insurance  and  real  estate  business;  member  of 
First  Congregational  Church,  Oak  Park. 

Messer,  Loring  Wilbur,  born  March  1,  1856,  at  Somers- 
worth.  New  Hampshire;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts;  in  the  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad  service, 
1870  to  1874;  dry  goods  business  at  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
1874  to  1881;  General  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Peoria,  Illinois, 
October,  1881,  to  December,  1883;  General  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  December,  1883,  to  March,  1888; 
General  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Chicago,  Illinois,  1888;  member 
of  the  State  Executive  Committee  of  Illinois;  member  of 
Institute  and  Training  School  Faculty,  Chicago;  member  of 
the  Executive  Board  of  the  Religious  Education  Association; 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church;  member  of  the 
Chicago  Literary,  University,  Union  League,  Homewood 
Country  clubs  and  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce;  Honorary 
degree.  Master  of  Arts,  Northwestern  University,  June  4,  1908. 
Master  of  Humanics,  The  International  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  College,  June,  1909. 

The  Second  Period  (1888-1898) 

The  year  1888  is  a  memorable  one  in  the  history  of  the 
Chicago  association.  Within  its  early  months,  L.  Wilbur 
Messer,  a  man  of  rare  qualifications  and  special  fitness,  became 
general  secretary  of  the  association.  At  its  close  the  move- 
ment for  a  more  definite  work,  which,  as  we  have  seen,  began 
several  years  earlier,  culminated  in  the  metropolitan  organiza- 
tion. 

The  association  then  consisted  of  the  central  and  four  rail- 
road departments.  The  railroad  departments  were  weak  and 
without  adequate  equipment.  Farwell  Hall,  the  only  building 
then  owned  by  the  organization,  was  equipped  for  a  mission 
effort  rather  than  association  work.     The  paid  membership 


THE   SECOND   PERIOD  '  29 

was  less  than  two  thousand.  Women  were  still  eligible  to 
membership.  While  much  progress  toward  specialization  had 
been  made,  the  association  still  maintained  mixed  meetings, 
a  Sunday  School  for  the  Chinese,  and  street  and  jail  meetings, 
and  carried  on  much  miscellaneous  work.  Farwell  Hall  was 
yet  a  center  of  many  forms  of  Christian  activity.  Indeed, 
more  than  a  dozen  outside  organizations  were  still  at  home  in 
its  rooms,  with  no  thought  of  contributing  to  its  expenses. 
The  association  had  so  long  served  as  the  foster-father  to 
every  good  cause  that  some  of  them  claimed  the  rights  of  chil- 
dren in  Farwell  Hall,  the  family  homestead.  The  process  of 
leading  these  to  regard  themselves  of  age  was  a  slow  and  some- 
what painful  one;  but  it  was  finally  accomplished. 

The  revision  of  the  constitution  late  in  1888  placed  the 
association  on  a  definite  basis  and  inaugurated  the  metro- 
politan plan  of  organization.  This  plan  does  not  change  the 
relation  of  the  board  of  trustees  to  the  association.  Their 
authority  over  its  property  is  fixed  by  the  charter  and  remains 
as  before.  Prior  to  its  adoption  the  board  of  managers  exer- 
cised direct  control  over  all  the  work,  and  was  responsible  for 
its  conduct.  Under  the  metropolitan  plan  the  board  of  man- 
agers consists  of  twenty-one  representatives  of  evangelical 
denominations,  who  serve  for  three  years,  one-third  of  them 
retiring  each  year.  The  principal  functions  of  this  important 
body  may  be  briefly  stated.  It  is  charged  with  the  direction 
of  the  general  policy  of  the  association,  the  general  supervision 
of  all  departments,  the  organization  of  new  departments,  the 
adjustment  of  the  relations  of  the  departments  to  the  general 
body  and  to  each  other,  the  control  of  inter-department  athlet- 
ics, the  receipt  and  disbursement  of  all  funds,  the  procurement 
of  secretaries  and  physical  directors,  the  promotion  and  intro- 
duction of  advanced  methods,  the  direct  management  of  the 
central  building,  and  the  control  of  the  relations  of  the  asso- 
ciation with  the  worldwide  brotherhood.  In  1908  it  employed 
to  direct  this  work  in  the  general  office  the  general  secretary 
with  five  assistants  and  ten  clerks  and  stenographers.  Some 
idea  of  the  extent  of  the  office  work  done  is  indicated  by  the 


30  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

fact  that  in  1908  the  total  volume  of  business  of  all  kinds  as 
passed  through  the  books  of  the  board  of  managers  and  the 
board  of  trustees  amounted  to  $1,059,326.73.  Some  con- 
ception of  the  detail  work  centered  in  the  general  office  may 
be  indicated  by  the  fact  that  5,650  checks  were  drawn  for  the 
entire  association  during  the  year,  while  the  average  number  of 
separate  transactions  in  the  auditing  department  in  the  gen- 
eral office  is  more  than  5,000  a  day  throughout  the  year.  The 
metropolitan  plan  introduced  a  great  change  in  the  direct 
management  of  the  work.  What  had  been  the  Chicago  asso- 
ciation became  the  central  department,  the  principal  one  of 
several  departments,  each  of  which  was  placed  under  its  own 
committee  of  management  acting  under  the  general  supervision 
of  the  board  of  managers.  The  new  constitution  states  the 
object  of  the  association  to  be  "the  improvement  of  the 
spiritual,  mental,  social,  and  physical  condition  of  young 
men."  It  limits  the  membership  to  men.  Provision  is  made 
for  active,  associate  and  honorary  membership.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  under  the  second  constitution  women  were 
admitted  as  "auxiliary"  members,  and  that  both  men  and 
women  were  admitted  to  life  membership.  The  new  constitu- 
tion also  requires  applicants  for  membership  in  the  association 
to  be  over  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  entire  paid  membership 
is  now  12,234. 

There  have  been  great  changes  in  the  extent  as  well  as  in 
the  character  of  the  work  since  1888.  Of  the  five  departments 
then  in  existence,  only  two,  the  Central  and  Garfield  Boulevard 
departments,  remained  in  1898.  The  Forty-eighth  Street 
railroad  department  was  closed  in  1891.  That  at  Sixteenth 
Street  was  also  closed  in  1891.  The  Kinzie  Street  railroad 
department  was  suspended  because  of  the  opening  at  West 
Fortieth  Street  of  the  building  of  the  Chicago  and  North  West- 
ern railroad  department.  Within  this  period  the  Bridgeport, 
South  Chicago,  Millard  Avenue,  Pullman,  and  German  depart- 
ments were  organized,  continued  for  longer  or  shorter  periods, 
and  finally  closed.  Each  of  these  did  good  work  for  a  time. 
No  one  of  them  was  a  distinct  failure.     Some  of  them  were 


THE   SECOND   PERIOD  31 

closed  because  of  changed  conditions;  others  for  lack  of  ade- 
quate local  support.  It  has  been  the  policy  of  the  board  of 
managers,  from  the  inauguration  of  the  metropolitan  plan,  to 
require  the  committee  of  management  of  each  department  to 
provide  for  its  financial  support  from  the  constituency  assigned 
to  it.  At  some  of  the  points  named  the  work  will  no  doubt  be 
resumed  when  local  conditions  become  favorable. 

The  association  has  organized  the  following  departments 
within  this  period:  The  West  Side  (1889),  Intercollegiate 
(1890),  Ravenswood  (1891)  (now  Wilson  Avenue),  Hyde  Park 
(1895),  Chicago  and  North  Western  (1897),  Dearborn  Station 
(1897),  and  Elsdon  (now  Grand  Trunk)  (1898).  The  growth 
of  the  Chicago  association  within  this  period  is  not  measured 
by  the  members  gained,  the  points  occupied,  the  departments 
organized,  the  buildings  acquired.  Indeed,  it  cannot  be 
measured  by  statistics  alone,  however  complete.  With  the 
progress  in  organization  and  occupation  of  new  fields,  there 
proceeded  a  no  less  significant  transformation  in  the  character 
of  the  work  done.  In  a  word,  the  work  of  the  association 
became  definite  and  specialized.  It  became  a  definite  work  for 
young  men.  This  one  thing  it  does.  Their  salvation  is  still 
its  supreme  purpose.  In  common  with  the  entire  brotherhood, 
it  came  clearly  to  see  that  the  salvation  of  young  men  involves 
the  improvement  of  their  "  spiritual,  mental,  social,  and  physical 
condition,"  that  this  improvement  requires  a  fourfold  work 
to  meet  these  four  great  needs  of  young  men.  Hence  there 
came  within  the  association  the  specialization  into  its  four 
great  departments  of  work.  It  is  not  the  purpose  to  press  one 
of  these  to  the  exclusion  of  the  others,  but  to  make  each  as 
strong  as  possible  in  its  proper  place.  The  earnest  desire  is  to 
develop  thoroughly  rounded  manly  character.  It  is  believed 
that  complete  salvation  involves  a  trained  mind  in  a  sound 
body  with  right  relations  to  God  and  man.  It  is  the  single 
purpose  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  to  supply  the 
conditions  that  will  most  surely  lead  multitudes  of  young  men 
to  this  complete  salvation. 

During  the  period  under  consideration,  and  closing  with 


32  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

the  fortieth  anniversary  in  1898,  the  association  continued 
viith  earnestness  its  rehgious  work.  It  is  worth  while  to  note 
that  during  the  year  1897  the  rehgious  work  section  held  in  the 
several  departments  of  the  association  975  religious  services, 
■with  a  total  attendance  of  119,168  men.  In  addition,  537 
sessions  of  Bible  classes  were  held.  There  were  -497  professed 
conversions  and  186  were  referred  to  city  pastors  for  church 
membership. 

The  educational  section  of  the  association  as  now  conducted 
dates  from  the  opening  of  the  new  Central  building.  Educa- 
tional classes  were  conducted  in  the  old  Farwell  Hall  from  about 
1882.  This  experimental  work  clearly  showed  that  many 
young  men  feel  the  need  of  further  study  to  insure  success. 
There  can  be  scarcely  a  better  service  rendered  than  to  aid  such 
to  a  better  training  for  the  work  upon  which  they  have  already 
entered.  At  the  close  of  the  period,  systematic  class  work  was 
conducted  at  the  Central  department  and  at  the  West  Side 
department.  Ten  reading  rooms  were  opened  daily  and  many 
lectures  and  practical  talks  were  given.  During  the  year  1897, 
1,193  students  were  enrolled  in  evening  classes,  and  102  students 
in  the  day  classes.  In  the  conduct  of  day  classes  Chicago  was 
one  of  the  earlier  associations  of  the  country. 

The  new  form  of  the  educational  work  was  organized  by 
Walter  M.  Wood,  who  was  called  to  the  position  of  educational 
director  with  the  opening  of  the  new  building  in  1893.  In  one 
of  his  reports  he  states  clearly  the  purpose  of  the  educational 
department  as  follows: 

"I  am  led  here  to  state  briefly  the  large  purpose  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  in  conducting  its  educa- 
tional work.  This  purpose  may  be  defined  under  five  distinct 
heads:  First,  to  offer  a  genuine  attraction  to  the  association 
membership;  second,  to  provide  for  the  practical  educational 
training  of  young  men;  third,  to  provide  opportunity  for  intel- 
lectual culture;  fourth,  to  encourage  helpful  social  intercourse 
among  young  men;  fifth,  to  open  an  easy  and  natural  way  for 
the  exercise  of  a  positive  Christian  influence  on  the  lives  of 
young  men  who  become  students  and  club  men.     I  think  you 


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will  agree  with  me  that  if  this  multiform  purpose  is  carried  out, 
and  the  results  of  the  past  years  prove  that  it  is  being  realized, 
then  certainly  in  association  college  the  management  and 
students  alike  have  every  reason  to  be  inspired  for  the  most 
noble  work,  and  to  feel  confident  that  all  efforts  will  contribute, 
not  to  any  mercenary,  narrow  or  unworthy  end,  but  to  that 
most  noble  accomplishment,  the  development  of  men  of  intel- 
ligence, culture  and  moral  power." 

Following  this  second  period  of  the  association's  history,  the 
physical  section  made  rapid  strides.  In  1888  there  was  but 
one  association  gymnasium  in  the  city;  it  was  started  in  1876. 
The  gj^mnasium  was  constructed  by  throwing  together  two 
oflfices  in  one  of  the  upper  stories  of  the  Madison  Street  wing  of 
the  building.  It  is  not  strange  that  this  limited  equipment  had 
become  entirely  inadequate.  At  the  close  of  this  period  six 
well-equipped  gymnasiums  were  conducted  under  competent 
direction  and  careful  control.  A  glimpse  at  the  extent  of  the 
work  at  this  period  may  be  had  from  the  fact  that  during  the 
year  1897  there  were  998  medical  examinations  in  connection 
with  the  gymnasium  of  Central  department  alone. 

This  period  in  the  life  of  the  association  will  ever  be  memor- 
able by  the  progress  made  in  securing  adequate  buildings. 
Some  account  of  this  progress  is  reserved  for  its  proper  place  in 
the  chapter  on  buildings. 

List  of  Presidents  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Chicago  —  1858-1913 

Cvrus  Bentlev 1858-1859 

John  V.  Farwell 1859-1861 

J.  H.  Hollister 1861-186^2 

B.  F.  Jacobs    1862-1863 

E.  S.  Wells 1863-1864 

H.  W.  Fuller 1864-1865 

D.  L.  Moody 1865-1869 

C.M.Henderson 1869-1871 

T.  W.  Harvev 1871-1873 

N.  S.  Bouton 1873-1874 

John  V.  Farwell 1874-1876 

T.  W.  Harvey 1876-1878 


34  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

E.  G.  Keith 1878-1881 

James  L.  Houghteling 1881-1884 

John  V.  Farwell,  Jr 1884-1894 

Henry  M.  Hubbard 1895-1900 

James  H.  Eckels 1900-1903 

Edward  P.  Bailey 1903-1911 

William  P.  Sidley 1911- 

LiFE  Sketches  of  Presidents. 

Bentley,  Cyrus,  lawyer;  senior  member  law  firm  of  Bent- 
ley  and  Burling;  director  of  International  Harvester  Company; 
member  of  Chicago  Bar  Association  and  of  various  social  clubs, 
and  of  the  Baptist  church;  President  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  1858-59. 

Farwell,  John  Villiers,  senior  member  J.  V.  Farwell 
Company;  born  Painted  Post,  New  York,  July  29,  1825. 
Educated  at  Mount  Morris  (Illinois)  Seminary;  presidential 
elector  of  Lincoln  ticket,  1860;  one  of  United  States  Christian 
Commission  during  Civil  War;  Indian  commissioner  during 
President  Grant's  first  term;  donated  to  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  his  first  residence  lot  in  Chicago  upon 
which  the  Central  association  building  now  stands;  largely 
interested  in  all  of  D.  L.  Moody's  enterprises;  frequent  con- 
tributor to  newspapers  on  economic  and  financial  subjects; 
member  of  Presbyterian  church;  president  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  1859-61. 

Hollister,  John  Hamilcar,  M.  D.,  A.  M.,  physician; 
born  Riga,  New  York,  August  25,  1824;  graduate  Rochester 
Collegiate  Institute,  1842;  Berkshire  Medical  College,  1847; 
practiced  medicine  in  Chicago  forty-eight  years;  trustee  and 
professor  Lind  University,  Chicago  Medical  College  1859-1895, 
since  then  emeritus  professor;  physician  to  Mercy  Hospital, 
1866-96,  now  emeritus;  member  American  Medical  Association 
since  1858;  member  Illinois  State  Medical  Society;  editor 
Journal  of  American  Medical  Association  for  a  number  of  years ; 
member  of  Congregational  church;  president  of  the  Chicago 
association,  1861-62. 

Jacobs,  Benjamin  Franklin,  born  in  Paterson,  New 
Jersey,  September  13,  1834;  received  the  regular  public  school 
education;  senior  member  of  a  produce  commission  firm  and 
real  estate  business.  In  September,  1856,  opened  and  became 
superintendent  of  New  Street  Mission,  the  first  Baptist  Sunday 
School  in  Chicago  and  the  third  mission  school  of  any  denomina- 


PRESIDENTS  OF  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION  1858-1895 
Reading  from  left  to  right.  1st  Row,  E.  S.  Wells,  D.  L.  Moody,  B.  F.  Jacobs. 
2nd  Row,  N.  S.  Bouton,  J.  H.  Holli.ster.  3rd  Row,  John  V.  Farwell,  Cyrus 
Bentley,  Henry  W.  Fuller,  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.  4th  Row,  James  L. 
HouGHTELiNG.  T.  W.  Harvey.  5th  Row,  C.  M.  Henderson,  Henry  M.  Hub- 
bard. E.  G.  Keith. 


36  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

tion;  served  forty -five  years  as  a  Sunday  School  superintendent^ 
having  successfully  had  charge  of  the  New  Street  Mission,  First 
Baptist  Newsboys'  Mission,  and  the  Inamanuel  Baptist  Church 
Sunday  School.  In  1858,  helped  to  organize  the  Young  Men's. 
Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  of  which  he  was  president 
from  1862  to  1863;  during  the  Civil  War,  became  interested  in 
the  work  of  the  Christian  Commission. 

Wells,  Edwin  Silas,  born  in  Salisbury,  Connecticut, 
October  19,  1828;  came  to  Chicago  in  1850,  when  the  population 
of  the  city  was  only  twenty-eight  thousand;  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  an  academy  at  Lee,  Massachusetts;  was 
proprietor  of  Metropolitan  Hall  in  1857  and  gave  its  use  for  the 
great  revival  meetings  out  of  which  grew  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.; 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  the  fifth  president  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago. 

Moody,  D wight  L.,  born  in  Northfield,  Massachusetts, 
February  5,  1857;  educated  in  country  school;  successful  shoe 
salesman  in  Boston  and  Chicago;  interested  in  Mission  Sunday 
School  work,  in  which  he  spent  all  his  spare  time;  this  work 
became  so  great  he  gave  up  his  lucrative  business  position  and 
devoted  his  entire  efforts  to  the  North  Market  Mission,  which 
he  established,  situated  among  the  hoodlums;  he  was  known  as 
"city  missionar.y,"  "pastor,"  etc.  He  later  engaged  in  State 
Sunday  School  Convention,  and  became  actively  interested 
in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  from  1865 
to  1871  being  its  president;  was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Commission  during  the  Civil  War.  Was  associated  with  John 
V.  Farwell,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  and  Cyrus  H.  McCormick;  interested 
Ira  D.  Sankey  in  his  work,  who  later  became  his  singing  evan- 
gelist. Elected  president  of  the  International  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  Convention  in  Baltimore  in  1879;  re- 
turned to  preaching  in  the  Illinois  Street  Church  which  came 
out  of  his  Sunday  School  work,  and  which  name  was  later 
changed  to  the  Chicago  Avenue  Baptist  Church.  Visited 
several  European  countries  several  times,  holding  great  evan- 
gelistic meetings;  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  America, 
where  he  conducted  huge  evangelistic  meetings  with  phenom- 
enal success. 

Harvey,  Turlington  Walker,  lumber  merchant;  born 
Siloam,  New  York,  March  10,  1835;  educated,  public  schools, 
and  Oneida  (New  York)  Academy;  employed  in  sash,  door  and 
blind  factories  until  1859;  bought  out  his  partner,  1865;  en- 


LIFE   SKETCHES  OF  PRESIDENTS  37 

larged  business,  acquiring  large  mills  at  Muskegon,  Michigan, 
and  Marinette,  Wisconsin,  becoming  president  of  the  T.  W. 
Harvey  Lumber  Company;  director  since  1886  and  president, 
1886,  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Society  and  on  its  executive 
committee  and  in  active  charge  of  the  shelter  work  of  the 
society  after  the  fire  of  1871;  laid  out  town  of  Harvey  and 
located  there  a  number  of  important  investments;  an  officer 
and  director  in  various  companies;  president  of  Acme  Gas 
Company;  member  of  M.  E.  church,  and  president  of  the 
Chicago  Association,  1871-73.     A  second  term,  1876-1878. 

BouTON,  Nathaniel  Sherman,  born  Conket,  New  Hamp- 
shire, May  14, 1828;  educated  New  Hampshire  schools;  formerly 
partner  of  the  Fairbanks  Scale  Company;  later  became  associa- 
ted with  the  American  Bridge  Company  and  after  the  Civil  War, 
during  which  he  served  as  assistant  quartermaster  in  the  88th 
Illinois  Infantry,  became  head  of  the  Union  Foundry  Works 
until  its  consolidation  with  the  Pullman  Car  Works  in  1886. 
He  then  organized  the  Bouton  Foundry  Company  and  later 
became  director  the  of  S.  Wilkes  Foundry  Company  and  of  the 
Kenwood  Bridge  Company;  fellow  of  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  also  Loyal  Legion  and  various  clubs;  member 
of  M.  E.  church,  and  president  of  the  Chicago  Association, 
1873-74. 

Keith,  Elbridge  G.,  bank  president;  born  Barre,  Vermont, 
July  16,  1840,  died  1905;  member  of  Keith  Brothers,  1865,  and 
of  the  board  of  education  of  Chicago,  1877-84;  president  of  the 
Metropolitan  National  Bank,  1884-02,  and  of  the  Chicago  Title 
and  Trust  Company,  1902;  member  of  several  bank  and  social 
clubs  and  of  the  Episcopal  church;  president  of  the  Chicago 
Association,  1878-81. 

HouGHTELiNG,  James  Lawrence,  banker;  born  Chicago, 
November  29,  1855;  graduated  Yale,  1876;  member  of  firm  of 
Peabody,  Houghteling  &  Company;  founded  in  1886  the 
Brotherhood  of  Saint  Andrew;  member  of  the  Episcopal  church; 
president  of  the  Chicago  Association,  1881-84. 

Farwell,  John  Villiers,  Jr.,  born  Chicago,  October  16, 
1858;  graduate  Yale  University,  1879;  treasurer  and  general 
manager  J.  V.  Farwell  Company  since  1891;  director  National 
Bank  of  the  Republic;  president  First  State  Pawners'  Society; 
secretary  of  trustees,  Lake  Forest  University,  and  member  of 
many  political,  commercial  and  social  clubs;  was  chairman  of 
committee  which  secured  passage  of  new  revenue  law  of  1897; 
member  of  Presbyterian  church  and  was  president  of  the  Young 


38  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

Men's   Christian   Association   of   Chicago   when   the   Central 
department  building  was  erected,  1884-94. 

Hubbard,  Henry  Mascarene,  born  February  9,  1860, 
Chicago,  Illinois;  graduate  of  Chicago  public  schools  and  of 
Harvard  in  1882;  successful  stove  manufacturer  for  last  twenty 
years;  member  of  University  Club;  member  of  New  England 
Congregational  church;  president  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Chicago, 
1895-1900. 

Eckels,  James  Herron,  born  Princeton,  Illinois,  November 
29,  1858;  died  1907;  ex-comptroller  of  currency  of  the  United 
States,  1893-97;  educated  in  public  schools;  graduate  of  Albany 
(New  York)  law  school,  1888;  made  many  speeches  on  currency 
question  and  became  prominent  as  gold  standard  advocate; 
became  president  Commercial  National  Bank  of  Chicago 
January  1,  1898;  member  of  Presbyterian  church;  president 
of  the  Chicago  association,  1900-1903. 

Bailey,  Edward  Payson,  born  Almont,  Michigan,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1841;  was  clerk  for  Densmore  and  Rice,  1860-61,  Coon- 
ley,  Farwell  &  Company,  1862;  cashier  of  bank  at  Knoxville, 
Tennessee,  1865;  with  A.  T.  Stewart  &  Company,  New  York, 
1875-82;  since  1882  with  Chicago  Malleable  Iron  Company  and 
National  Malleable  Castings  Company;  he  is  now  manager  of 
the  Chicago  Malleable  Iron  Works;  clerk  in  quartermaster's 
department,  U.  S.  A.,  1863-4;  member  of  several  societies  and 
clubs,  and  of  the  Episcopal  church;  president  of  the  Chicago 
association,  1903-1911. 

Sidley,  William  Pratt,  born  in  Chicago  January  30,  1868; 
graduated  from  Williams  College,  1889;  graduated  from  Union 
College  of  Law,  Chicago,  1891,  and  later  student  at  Harvard 
Law  School;  member  of  the  legal  firm  of  Holt,  Wheeler  and 
Sidley  since  1899;  vice-president  and  general  counsel  Western 
Electric  Company,  member  of  the  Reformed  Episcopal  church, 
member  of  University,  Union  League,  and  City  clubs,  Chicago, 
Winnetka  Country  Club  and  Republican  and  Railroad  clubs 
of  New  York;  elected  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Chicago,  January  18,  1911. 

Note. — Biographical  sketches  of  H.  W.  Fuller  and  C.  M.  Henderson  not 
available. 

The  Third  Period  (1898-1908) 

We  have  seen  that  the  second  period  of  the  association's 
history  was  marked  by  reorganization,  readjustment  and  the 
laying  of  foundations.     The  results  of  this  fundamental  work 


THE  THIRD  PERIOD  .       39 

are  clearly  seen  in  the  third  period  of  its  history,  which  has  been 
marked,  first,  by  a  very  careful  study  of  conditions  and  an 
effort  to  adapt  the  association  to  these  conditions;  and,  second, 
by  an  unparalleled  expansion,  made  possible,  we  believe,  by  the 
careful  work  done  in  laying  the  foundations.  We  shall  notice 
six  or  eight  of  the  most  prominent  groups  of  events,  each  one  of 
which  might  be  more  fully  treated  were  a  larger  volume  available. 
1.  First,  let  us  note  in  passing  some  of  the  advance  move- 
ments of  this  great  period,  some  of  tremendous  significance, 
though  briefly  stated  here. 

(a)  In  1901  one  of  the  significant  developments  of  the  year, 
as  noted  in  the  annual  report,  was  the  introduction  of  paid 
Bible  classes.  Two  such  classes  were  organized  by  the  Central 
department,  one  with  a  membership  of  105  and  the  other  with 
a  membership  of  102. 

(b)  At  the  Boston  Jubilee  Convention  exhibit  in  1901  the 
Chicago  association  received  the  first  award  of  merit  on  educa- 
tional department  administration. 

(c)  The  rapid  growth  of  the  physical  work  in  the  early  years 
of  this  period  is  indicated  by  the  fact  that  in  1901  there  were 
4,378  physical  examinations,  where,  as  already  stated,  the 
number  four  years  previously,  was  998.  At  this  time,  and  for 
a  few  years  following,  an  athletic  field  was  conducted  at  Ravens- 
wood.  A  conspicuous  feature  in  the  physical  work  of  1904  was 
the  victory  of  the  athletic  team  at  the  St.  Louis  World's  Fair 
in  the  Olympic  games,  where  seventy-five  medals  were  secured 
and  the  championship  in  all  association  events  in  the  athletic 
field  of  North  America  was  won.  The  fencing  team  won  the 
first,  two  seconds,  and  one  third  medal  against  the  world,  and 
the  captain  a  place  on  the  all- American  team. 

(d)  With  the  opening  of  the  Central  association  building 
a  restaurant  was  opened  on  the  seventh  floor  and  until  Decem- 
ber 1,  1908,  was  conducted  by  the  board  of  managers.  It 
provided  a  social  center  for  members  of  all  departments  and 
their  friends,  and  a  convenient  place  for  department  committee 
meetings  and  similar  gatherings,  and  for  outside  religious, 
educational  and  civic  organizations. 


40  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

{e)  Through  the  provision  of  the  Reynolds'  bequest,  sys- 
tematic visitation  of  sick  young  men  has  been  carried  on  since 
the  early  '80s.  This  quiet  but  helpful  service  has  been  con- 
ducted in  turn  by  Mrs.  Cleveland,  Mrs.  C.  M.  MacLean  and 
Mrs.  Ella  Marsh  Burns,  who  still  continues  to  thus  serve  young 
men. 

(/)  At  various  times  since  1889  the  Chicago  association  has 
had  a  distinct  part  in  the  foreign  work  of  the  associations,  but 
at  no  time  did  this  assume  the  definiteness  and  magnitude  of 
its  participation  in  this  line  of  effort  during  the  year  1908,  when 
$4,000  was  raised  by  the  Chicago  association  for  the  work  in 
Hongkong,  China. 

2.  Administration,  (a)  In  1903  the  increase  in  the  vol- 
ume of  the  association  work  and  the  need  of  increased  attention 
of  the  general  board  in  the  supervision  and  further  extension  of 
the  association  necessitated  the  securing  of  additional  office 
space  and  equipment  and  the  reorganization  of  the  work  of  the 
board  of  managers.  Enlarged  offices  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the 
Central  building  were  occupied  May  1st  of  that  year.  The 
continued  growth  of  the  work  soon  rendered  these  inadequate 
and  still  more  commodious  ofiices  were  required  and  were 
secured  upon  the  twelfth  floor  and  were  fitted  and  furnished  to 
meet  the  larger  demands.  These  offices  were  entered  May  1, 
1906. 

(6)  In  September,  1903,  the  Official  Bulletin  of  the  associa- 
tion issued  its  first  number.  This  bulletin,  issued  at  least 
twice  each  year,  gave  current  news,  official  utterances  and 
detail  announcements  of  the  association.  Through  this  medi- 
um, also,  the  board  of  managers  brings  to  the  officers  and 
members  of  the  association  such  original  studies  upon  asso- 
ciation problems  as  it  feels  will  make  for  more  efficient  work. 

(c)  In  the  year  1907  an  auditing  and  accounting  system  for 
the  entire  association  was  inaugurated.  This  system  insures 
the  careful  checking  of  all  accounts  as  kept  by  the  various  de- 
partments, and  guards  against  carelessness  and  waste  through- 
out the  entire  association.  .  By  this  system  every  financial 
transaction  in  all  departments  is  checked  in  the  general  office 


THE  THIRD   PERIOD 


41 


JAMES  H.  ECKELS,  PRESIDENT  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO,   1900-1903 


42  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

from  day  to  day,  the  bookkeeping  and  accounting  reduced  to  a 
minimum,  and  handled  in  the  main  by  competent  speciaHsts. 
3.  Departments,  (a)  At  the  urgent  request  of  leading 
residents  of  Roseland  a  department  was  organized  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  city  in  the  year  1900.  In  1904  the  Roseland  depart- 
ment suspended  its  work  on  account  of  the  impossibility  of  se- 
curing adequate  rented  quarters  and  the  inability  of  the 
department  to  provide  funds  for  an  association  building. 

(b)  In  1902  the  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  railroad 
department  occupied  a  building  situated  on  railroad  property, 
both  land  and  building  being  leased  to  the  association  for 
twenty-one  years.  This  building  was  burned  in  January,  1904, 
but  by  the  railroad  company  was  immediately  replaced  by  a 
larger  building,  which  was  occupied  in  December  of  the  same 
year. 

(c)  In  1903  the  officials  of  Northwestern  University,  in  re- 
sponse to  a  special  investigation  by  the  secretaries  of  the  board 
of  managers,  provided  a  generous  equipment  for  the  Law, 
Pharmacy  and  Dental  Schools  department,  located  in  the  old 
Tremont  House  building.  The  space  occupied  by  the  large 
double  parlors  on  the  second  floor  were  attractively  and  sub- 
stantially furnished  and  were  set  apart  for  the  use  of  the 
association,  free  of  rental  charge. 

(d)  In  1906  a  modern  building,  erected  by  the  Pennsylvania 
Company  at  59tli  Street,  was  occupied  by  the  association  with- 
out lease  or  rental  charge,  and  a  new  railroad  department  was 
organized. 

(e)  One  of  the  notable  achievements  of  the  year  1908  was 
the  enlistment  of  a  representative  commission  of  eighteen  young 
men  from  the  North  Side,  who  were  appointed  as  the  permanent 
committee  of  management  of  the  North  Side  Boys'  Club.  A 
three-story  building  was  leased  at  1336  Fullerton  Avenue  and 
Thomas  E.  Bodin  was  called  from  the  boys'  work  of  the  Wilson 
Avenue  department  to  be  the  first  secretary  of  this  boys' 
department.  This  work  was  made  possible  through  the  be- 
quest of  $100,000  by  Mr.  Albert  Keep,  which  was  paid  to  the 


THE   THIRD   PERIOD  43 

association  in  July,  1908,  and  was  invested  and  the  income  set 
apart  for  the  support  of  this  club. 

4.  Student  Work.  While  it  is  impossible,  without  too 
much  of  detail  to  note  the  history  of  intercollegiate  work  in 
Chicago,  two  or  three  items  are  certainly  worthy  of  attention. 
(a)  In  the  year  1901  a  student  endowment  fund  was  founded 
through  gifts  of  alumni  who,  during  their  student  days,  were 
members  of  the  several  student  departments  of  the  association. 
This  fund  at  the  present  time  amounts  to  $1,645.95. 

(b)  In  1902,  through  the  generous  action  of  the  authorities 
at  the  University  of  Chicago,  Snell  Hall,  a  dormitory  with  sixty 
rooms,  was  placed  under  the  exclusive  management  of  the  asso- 
ciation. The  rooms  were  rented  to  members.  Offices,  parlors, 
check  rooms  and  rooms  for  Bible  classes  and  religious  meetings 
were  beautifully  finished  and  furnished  by  the  university,  and 
recreative  features  were  introduced. 

5.  Buildings,  (a)  In  1902  a  movement  was  inaugurated 
to  secure  $125,000  for  the  erection  of  a  building  for  the  Hyde 
Park  department.  Progress,  however,  was  slow,  and  it  was 
not  until  December,  1906,  that  this  building  was  completed 
and  dedicated. 

(6)  In  1902  a  movement  was  started  by  R.  J.  Bennett  for 
the  building  on  Wilson  Avenue.  Mr.  Bennett  purchased  a  lot 
at  an  expense  of  $8,500,  which  he  deeded  to  the  board  of  trustees. 
He  also  made  generous  subscriptions  to  the  building  fund,  his 
total  gifts  amounting  finally  to  $20,000.  In  1905  work  was 
inaugurated  in  the  building,  which  carried  out  but  a  part  of  the 
original  plan. 

(c)  In  1907  the  board  of  trustees,  led  by  the  increased 
demand  by  young  men  for  rooms,  and  the  satisfactory  financial 
returns  where  dormitories  were  established,  invested  $42,500 
of  the  endowment  fund  in  a  dormitory  building  on  the  unim- 
proved portion  of  the  lot  occupied  by  the  West  Side  depart- 
ment. This  building,  with  five  stories  of  dormitories,  was 
occupied  November  15th  of  that  year. 

(d)  Encouraged  by  the  success  of  the  West  Side  dormitory 


44  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

during  the  next  year,  1908,  land  was  purchased  adjoining  the 
building  of  the  Wilson  Avenue  department  for  a  dormitory 
building. 

6.  Bequests.  The  period  under  consideration  was  marked 
by  a  remarkable  bequest  left  by  Albert  Keep,  which,  as  already 
stated,  has  been  used  as  an  endowment  for  the  founding  and 
development  of  a  boys'  club  for  needy  and  neglected  boys  on 
the  North  Side. 

7.  Semi-Centennial  Celebration.  This  celebration  was  so 
extensive  and  also  so  far-reaching  in  its  results  that  it  is  made 
the  subject  of  a  separate  chapter  in  this  volume. 

Buildings 

With  the  possible  exception  of  a  small  building  in  Baltimore, 
the  first  building  ever  erected  for  association  purposes,  the  first 
of  four  erected  by  the  Chicago  association  on  the  site  of  the 
present  central  building,  was  dedicated  on  September  29,  1867. 
The  achievements  of  the  building  movement  since  this,  its 
initial  step,  mark  the  progress  of  the  association  idea.  These 
achievements  also  show,  in  a  concrete  way,  the  growing  confi- 
dence of  practical  men  in  the  character  and  value  of  association 
work. 

The  Chicago  association,  prior  to  the  erection  of  its  first 
building,  occupied  rented  rooms  at  205  Randolph  Street  (1858- 
1859),  and  in  the  First  Methodist  church  block  (1859-1867), 
at  the  southeast  corner  of  Washington  and  Clark  streets. 
Early  in  1864,  the  records  show  that  "the  subject  of  a  permanent 
building  and  grounds  as  a  home  for  the  association  occupied  a 
large  part  of  the  time  of  the  board."  E.  S.  Wells,  J.  V.  Farwell, 
D.  L.  Moody,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  B.  L.  Underwood  and  others  were 
active  in  the  movement  which  resulted  in  the  completion  of  the 
historic  structure  known  as  the  first  Farwell  Hall.  John  V. 
Farwell  gave  land  and  cash  to  the  amount  of  $60,000,  thereby 
making  this  great  achievement  possible  at  that  time. 

This  first  building  fronted  on  Arcade  Court,  occupying  the 
site  of  the  present  building  (except  the  lot  purchased  later, 
occupying  fifty -three  feet  on  La  Salle  Street,  with  a  depth  of 


BUILDINGS  45 

sixty -five  feet).  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  Arcade  run- 
ning through  to  Clark  Street  was  secured  by  the  association  for 
an  en  trance- way  from  that  street.     It  should  be  noted,  how- 


FIRST  FARWELL  HALL,  HOME  OF  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSO- 
CIATION OF  CHICAGO,  1867 

ever,  that  the  association  building,  while  fronting  on  Arcade 
Court,  extended  through  to  Madison  Street,  occupying  a  strip 
of  land  with  a  frontage  of  thirty -five  feet.     In  the  fire  men- 


46  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

tioned  later  this  part  of  the  building  was  not  destroyed,  so 
that  the  Madison  Street  wing,  as  it  was  called,  formed  also  a 
part  of  the  second  building.  In  the  rebuilding,  after  the  great 
fire  of  1871,  the  main  frontage,  or  entrance,  was  changed  from 
Arcade  Court  to  Madison  Street. 

Those  who  had  prayed  and  toiled  for  the  erection  of  the  first 
building  were  permitted  to  enjoy  it  but  four  months.  On 
January  7,  1868,  it  was  burned  to  the  ground.  The  records  of 
the  time  show  the  spirit  in  which  this  great  calamity  was  met : 

"On  the  morning  of  the  7th  of  January  we  were  called  upon 
in  the  Providence  which  God  had  permitted  to  visit  us,  to  pass 
under  the  rod,  and  literally  to  obey  the  voice  of  the  prophet, 
'Glorify  ye  the  Lord  in  the  fires.'  At  a  quarter  past  nine 
o'clock  the  cry  of  'Fire  in  Farwell  Hall'  rang  sharply  through 
our  office,  seeming  at  first  'as  the  cry  of  one  who  mocketh,'  but 
we  soon  realized  that  the  awful  conflagration  had  swept  away  the 
object  of  our  prayers  and  labors  for  years.  But  in  the  hour  of 
the  fierce,  fiery  elements,  God's  hand  was  manifest  in  kindness, 
for  no  flame  kindled  upon  the  persons  of  our  young  men  in  the 
work,  and  no  life  was  lost.  Many  friends  came  to  the  rescue 
of  such  effects  as  could  be  saved,  and  we  succeeded  in  secur- 
ing all  the  association  records,  a  part  of  the  library  and  rooms 
furniture,  with  nearly  eight  hundred  volumes  of  the  most  valu- 
able works  in  our  library.  When  the  flames  were  fiercest,  the 
call  for  prayer  was  sounded,  and  the  daily  prayer-meeting, 
which  had  never  been  suspended  for  one  day  since  its  organi- 
zation, gathered  in  the  lecture-room  of  the  Methodist  church 
at  the  usual  hour  for  prayer  and  praise.  Most  earnestly  and 
humbly  we  bowed  before  the  great  and  all-wise  Giver,  blessing 
the  hand  which  took  as  well  as  gave.  The  test  of  our  faith  was 
also  the  test  of  our  friends,  and  until  the  flames  had  wrapt  our 
building  as  a  winding  sheet,  we  had  never  known  how  many 
and  how  true  were  those  who  loved  our  association.  Scores 
wept  as  though  their  own  homes  were  burning." 

The  association  promptly  secured  rooms  in  Major  block, 
corner  of  La  Salle  and  Madison  streets,  where  the  work  con- 


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tinued  to  be  vigorously  prosecuted.     Major  D.   W.   Whittle 
wrote : 

"The  first  fire  seemed  a  great  calamity  to  us,  but  it  proved 
a  blessing  in  converting  most  of  those  who  were  stockholders  in 
the  building  to  donors  of  their  subscriptions,  and  starting  us 
upon  a  better  footing." 

The  second  building,  erected  in  1868,  was  dedicated  January 
19,  1869.  It  was  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1871.  How  this 
second  calamity  was  met  is  shown  by  the  following  extracts 
from  the  records : 

"October  8,  1871,  the  association  buildings  were  burned  in 
the  great  fire." 

"October  25,  1871,  the  following  relief  committee  was 
appointed  immediately  after  the  fire:  John  V.  Far  well,  treas- 
urer; D.  L.  Moody,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  D.  W.  Whittle,  Rev.  C.  E. 
Cheney,  Rev.  Robert  Patterson,  secretary." 

"October  30,  1871,  Messrs.  Whittle,  Jacobs  and  Hitchcock 
were  appointed  a  special  committee  on  building  barracks  for 
religious  purposes.  Board  met  in  Seventh  Presbyterian 
Church,  corner  Peoria  and  Jackson  streets." 

"November  16,  1871,  Major  Whittle  reported  that  the  com- 
mittee had  secured  rooms  on  the  West  Side  at  97  Randolph 
Street,  and  had  ordered  shelving  put  in  for  library  purposes. 
The  president  and  secretary  were  instructed  to  execute  the 
leases  for  their  own  room  and  office  at  97  Randolph  Street  at 
eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  F.  G.  Ensign  wrote  of  this 
event : 

"'The  association  was  rendered  homeless  by  the  great 
Chicago  fire.  The  question  of  rebuilding  came  to  the  front. 
All  members  of  the  association  were  scattered,  and  many  had 
left  the  city  temporarily  or  permanently,  so  that  few  were  left 
to  take  up  the  task  of  reconstruction.  The  first  step  was  to 
secure  the  surrender  of  the  stock;  for  the  buildings  that  were 
burned  had  been  built  on  the  stock  plan.  The  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  sixteen  thousand  dollars  had  been  paid  for  this 
stock  by  the  subscribers,  most  of  whom  expected  to  get  six 


48  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

per  cent  interest  annually  on  their  investment.  The  task  of 
finding  the  addresses  of  these  stockholders  and  soliciting  them 
to  surrender  their  stock  was  apportioned  to  me.  In  a  few 
months  the  stock  to  the  face  value  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars  was  surrendered,  and  the  third  building  of  the 
association  was  erected.'" 

The  greater  part  of  the  remaining  stock  was  gradually  do- 
nated to  the  association.  Some  of  it  was  retired  in  other 
ways. 

The  third  building  was  dedicated  on  November  9,  1874.  It 
was  erected  at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 
It  had  a  frontage  of  thirty-five  feet  at  148  Madison  Street,  a 
depth  of  one  hundred  and  eight  feet  to  Arcade  Court,  with  a 
wing  to  the  eastward  one  hundred  and  twenty  by  seventy-six 
feet.  The  south,  or  main  portion,  of  its  site  is  that  of  all  but 
the  front  of  the  present  noble  structure. 

Each  of  the  first  three  buildings  bore  the  name  of  Farwell 
Hall.  This  was  appropriate,  as  the  great  hall  was  the  main 
feature  of  each.  The  association,  in  its  early  days,  was  largely 
a  library  and  place  for  holding  religious  meetings.  A  great  hall 
for  the  larger  meetings,  a  smaller  one  for  the  noonday  and  other 
smaller  services,  rooms  for  the  library  and  the  offices,  met  the 
requirements  of  the  association.  As  the  work  developed  to 
meet  the  spiritual,  mental,  social  and  physical  needs  of  young 
men,  the  old  type  of  building  was  found  to  be  wholly  inadequate. 
Toward  the  end  of  the  year  1888  the  managers  and  trustees  of 
the  association  became  convinced  that  the  old  building  must  be 
radically  changed  throughout  or  a  new  structure  secured.  A 
careful  examination  of  the  building  showed  that  it  would  be 
impossible  to  remodel  it  so  as  to  give  modern  facilities.  Upon 
consultation  wdth  architects,  it  was  found  that  the  shape  of  the 
lot  v/ould  make  a  new  building  not  only  expensive  in  construc- 
tion, but  inadequate  to  the  requirements.  The  first  step, 
therefore,  was  investigation  as  to  an  available  building  site. 
Owing  to  the  geographical  arrangement  of  the  city,  the  first 
requisite  was  that  it  be  in  the  very  heart  of  the  central  or  down- 
town district.     To  move  any  distance  in  any  direction  would 


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49 


THIRD  FARWELL  HALL,  HOME  OF  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSO- 
CIATION OF  CHICAGO,  1874 


50  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

deprive  the  association  of  a  large  share  of  its  usefulness.  Much 
time  and  consideration  were  therefore  given  to  the  choice  of  a 
lot.  Just  when  the  search  in  this  direction  seemed  futile,  it 
occurred  to  the  committee  that  by  the  sale  of  that  portion  of  the 
lot  which  fronted  thirty-five  feet  on  Madison  Street,  and  pur- 
chase of  the  lot  lying  between  the  rear  of  the  property  and  La 
Salle  Street,  a  more  symmetrical  building  could  be  secured, 
with  a  frontage  of  fifty-three  feet  on  La  Salle  Street,  a  depth  of 
one  hundred  and  eighty-five  feet  upon  Arcade  Court,  and  a 
width  in  the  rear  of  eighty-one  feet. 

The  high  value  of  the  land  and  the  great  cost  of  construction 
of  a  building  adapted  solely  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the 
association  made  it  necessary  to  embrace  in  the  general  scheme 
a  building  which  should  combine  the  facilities  required  bj^  the 
association  with  a  large  number  of  offices  to  be  rented  for  busi- 
ness purposes.  The  income  from  the  offices  is  now  applied  in 
carrying  the  debt  which  was  incurred  in  the  construction  of  the 
building.  When  the  debt  is  paid  this  income  will  be  available 
for  the  extension  of  the  work  of  the  association. 

Numerous  sketches  and  studies  were  made  before  the  matter 
was  allowed  to  go  beyond  the  knowledge  and  consideration  of  a 
few  members  of  the  board  of  managers.  At  the  annual  dinner 
in  January,  1889,  some  of  the  gentlemen  present  presented  the 
association  with  fifty  silver  dollars,  which  they  desired  to  have 
kept  as  the  beginning  of  a  fund  for  a  new  building.  The  sug- 
gestion was  received  with  enthusiasm,  and  the  trust  fund  for 
this  purpose  was  begun.  Nothing  definite,  however,  during 
that  year  was  accomplished.  Faith  and  courage  were  not  yet 
sufficient  to  justify  a  canvass  for  a  building  fund. 

John  Crerar,  long  a  distinguished  merchant,  died  in  October, 
1889,  leaving  a  will  which  will  stand  as  one  of  the  historic  docu- 
ments of  Chicago,  illustrating  a  wise  testamentary  distribution 
of  wealth.  It  called  forth  the  admiration  of  every  broad- 
minded  citizen.  In  the  simplicity  and  force  of  its  language,  in 
the  high  moral  tone  which  pervaded  all  the  provisions  by  which 
a  great  library  was  to  be  founded  for  the  benefit  of  the  people, 
it  was  unique.     Among  the  many  monuments  for  good  raised 


BUILDINGS  51 

by  the  noble  purpose  of  Mr.  Crerar,  none  will  stand  for  more 
far-reaching  and  conspicuous  results  than  what  he  did  by  his 
gift  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Chicago,  which  will  be  his  trustee  in  extending 
to  generations  of  young  men  the  open  hand  of  fellowship. 
This  bequest  came  as  an  inspiration  to  the  officers  of  the  asso- 
ciation. It  was  immediately  felt  that  this  would  be  the 
foundation-stone  upon  which  to  rest  the  superstructure  of  the 
new  building.  Acting  under  the  encouragement  of  this  gift, 
two  subscriptions  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  each  were 
quickly  secured  from  friends  of  Mr.  Crerar,  thus  securing  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars  as  the  beginning  of  this  important 
movement. 

An  upper  room  of  the  old  building  was  crowded  with  mem- 
bers of  the  association  to  usher  in  the  New  Year  of  1891.     An 
earnest  religious  service  had  been  conducted,  after  which  plans 
were  submitted  and  discussed  relating  to  a  new  building  which 
should  be  commensurate  with  the  growing  interest  and  greatly 
increased  activity  of  the  association  in  Chicago.     The  sub- 
scription books  were  opened  at  this  meeting  and  in  less  than 
sixty  days,  as  the  result  of  an  earnest  canvass  by  committees 
then  organized,  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  more  was 
pledged  toward  the  building  fund,  most  of  the  subscriptions 
being  for  comparatively  small  amounts.     Simultaneously  with 
this  canvass  an  option  was  secured  upon  the  La  Salle  Street 
property  owned  by  the  Andrews  estate,  in  order  that  time 
might  be  given  in  which  to  test  the  possibility  of  securing  the 
funds  necessary  for  the  erection  of  a  building.     With  pledges  in 
hand  to  the  extent  of  one  hundred  and  forty  thousand  dollars, 
an  option  upon  property  which  would  give  the  very  best  loca- 
tion to  be  found  in  the  entire  city,  the  old  building  rapidly 
approaching  a  condition  where  it  must  be  either  entirely  re- 
modeled or  pulled  down,  the  managers  and  trustees  of  the 
association  felt  that  the  time  had  come  for  a  final  effort  to 
arise  and  build  anew.     After  serious  consideration  it  was  de- 
cided to  start  the  new  enterprise  with  confidence  and  a  deter- 
mination to  succeed. 


52  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

The  first  work  was  to  prepare  a  plan  which  should  give  the 
best  possible  conveniences  and  equipment  for  the  association 
part  of  the  building,  and  also  well-arranged  and  well-lighted 
offices.  When  to  these  requirements  were  added  the  necessity 
of  an  auditorium  to  seat  at  least  one  thousand  people  for  the 
religious  and  other  gatherings  connected  with  the  association; 
also  a  gymnasium,  with  its  large,  open  space  and  the  usual  run- 
ning track,  it  will  be  realized  that  the  problem  before  the 
architect  was  one  of  no  mean  proportions.  Messrs.  Jenney  & 
Mundie  were  called  to  this  work,  and  after  a  few  weeks  of  inces- 
sant labor  with  the  general  secretary  and  a  committee  of  man- 
agers, a  plan  was  finally  prepared  which  successfully  met  all 
these  requirements.  The  result  was  a  design  for  a  fire-proof, 
steel  constructed  building  of  twelve  stories  in  height,  with  a 
facade  of  most  dignified  and  attractive  appearance.  The  roof, 
marked  by  a  tower,  was  intended  to  form  a  distinguishing 
feature  of  this  building,  standing  as  it  does  among  buildings 
devoted  entirely  to  mercantile  and  secular  interests. 

The  financial  problem  being  the  first  one  to  be  solved,  a 
building  committee  was  appointed,  composed  of  the  following 
gentlemen:  N.  S.  Bouton,  chairman;  S.  M.  Moore,  E.  G.  Keith, 
A.  L.  Coe,  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.,  Henry 
M.  Hubbard  and  James  L.  Houghteling.  Without  delay  they 
called  in  as  advisory  members,  with  particular  reference  to  the 
general  financial  scheme,  Owen  F.  Aldis,  Byron  L.  Smith  and 
John  J.  Mitchell,  who  were  not  members  of  the  board  of  man- 
agers. This  committee  undertook  the  consideration  of  the 
building  plans,  and  the  preparation  of  a  financial  scheme  by 
which  the  enterprise  could  be  carried  successfully  to  completion. 

The  committee  finally  proposed  a  financial  plan  as  follows: 

Contributions $400,000 

Sale  of  Madison  Street  property     ....       175,000 
Thirty  year  bonds 600,000 

The  land  was  estimated  as  being  worth  fifty  dollars  per 
square  foot;  which,  added  to  the  cost  of  the  building,  would 
make  a  security  for  the  bonds.     An  arrangement  was  then 


BUILDINGS  53 

made  for  the  sale  of  the  bonds  to  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Chicago. 

An  active  canvass  was  immediately  begun  for  subscriptions, 
and  in  three  months  a  total  of  $300,000  was  subscribed.  This 
was  the  figure  decided  upon  as  necessary  before  the  work  could 
be  undertaken.  It  was  felt  that  the  remaining  $100,000  could 
be  secured  as  the  work  progressed.  An  analysis  of  the  sub- 
scriptions shows  that,  aside  from  the  bequest  received  from  the 
will  of  John  Crerar,  there  were  two  subscriptions  making  to- 
gether $60,000,  four  of  $10,000  each,  seven  of  $6,000,  thirteen 
of  $5,000,  three  of  $3,500,  two  of  $3,000,  three  of  $2,500,  eight 
of  $2,000,  one  of  $1,500,  one  of  $1,300,  three  of  $1,250,  and 
ninety-eight  of  $1,000.  The  citizens  of  Chicago  gave  to  this 
project  liberally  and  encouraged  the  committee  in  its  work. 
On  May  10,  1892,  the  pulling  down  of  the  Andrews  building  on 
La  Salle  Street  was  begun.  The  work  upon  the  foundations  was 
begun  sixty  days  later,  and  it  was  pushed  with  vigor.  It  was 
originally  hoped  that  the  building  would  be  ready  for  occu- 
pancy May  1,  1893,  but  the  time  necessary  to  secure  the  sub- 
scriptions and  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  the  structural  steel, 
delayed  the  work  so  that  it  was  impossible  to  finish  the  build- 
ing by  that  time. 

The  panic  of  1893  seriously  interfered  with  the  project;  and 
although  the  construction  was  pushed,  the  committee  which  had 
in  charge  the  securing  of  the  requisite  additional  subscriptions 
were  obliged  temporarily  to  suspend  their  work.  In  the  mean- 
time, November  11,  1893,  the  building  was  opened  for  the 
occupancy  of  the  association,  although  the  ofiice  part  was  not 
at  that  time  completed.  As  the  committee  was  unwilling  to 
incur  additional  debt, —  the  full  amount  of  subscriptions  not 
yet  being  secured, —  it  was  felt  necessary  to  omit  the  interior 
finish  of  four  of  the  upper  floors.  It  was  soon  discovered  that 
this  would  be  very  detrimental  to  the  economical  completion 
of  the  work  already  ordered.  Hence,  a  syndicate  was  organized 
to  borrow  the  money  from  outside  sources  and  finish  up  the 
ninth  floor.     As  the  work  of  securing  subscriptions  progressed, 


54 


FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 


this  syndicate  was  reimbursed  and  another  one  formed  ■  to 
finish  the  tenth  and  eleventh  and  part  of  the  twelfth  floors. 
This  work  was  not  finished  and  all  the  offices  of  the  building 


THE  ASSOCIATION  BUILDING  ERECTED  IN  1893.     HOME  OF  THE  CENTRAL 

DEPARTMENT 

ready  for  renting  until  May  1,  1895.  The  original  plan  pro- 
vided ample  sunlight  and  air  for  all  the  offices.  The  interior 
finish,  although  not  extravagant,  was  equal  in  completeness 


BUILDINGS  55 

to  that  of  any  other  modern  building  in  the  city.     The  demand 
for  the  offices  has  therefore  been  good.* 

BUILDING   FUND 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago 
Cost: 

Purchase  of  La  Salle  Street  front  (53  x  65) $270,160.00 

Construction  of  Building 959,484..00 

Miscellaneous  items,  including  interest  on  bonds  and  cost 
of  operation  prior  to  final  completion,  a  period  of  two 
years 72,353.00 

$1,301,997.00 
Receipts: 

From  subscriptions $408,123.00 

Sale  of  Madison  Street  front  and  other  property       .      .      .  201,009.00 

Sale  of  thirty-year  five  per  cent  gold  bonds 584,t)16.00 

Miscellaneous  sources : 

Ladies  furnishing $6,292.00 

Time  loans 94,932.00 

Interest  and  small  items 6,942.00  108,166.00 

$1,301,914.00 

The  organization  of  the  association  on  the  metropohtan 
plan  in  1888  unified  and  broadened  the  work  and  led  its 
friends  to  plan  for  greater  things.  Not  only  did  the  necessity 
for  a  new  central  building  become  apparent,  but  also  the  need 
for  buildings  suitable  for  the  special  requirements  of  the  work 
in  various  parts  of  the  city.  The  Fifty-fifth  Street  railroad 
department,  now  the  Garfield  Boulevard  railroad  department, 
was  the  first  to  profit  by  these  new  plans.  The  work  at  this 
point  had  been  efficiently  carried  on  in  rented  rooms,  which 
were  inadequate.  In  1889  the  building  now  occupied  by  this 
department  on  the  lot  at  the  corner  of  Garfield  and  Tracy 
avenues  was  made  possible  by  a  generous  gift  by  John  V. 
Farwell,  Jr.,  and  by  the  gift  of  one  thousand  dollars  by  William 
Thaw  of  Pittsburgh,  second  vice-president  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad.  This,  the  first  building  erected  after  the  reorganiza- 
tion, was  dedicated  on  October  6,  1889.  The  building  cost 
$7,000  of  which  $2,000  was  raised  by  railroad  men  and  their 
friends  in  the  neighborhood. 

*  Notwithstanding  the  financial  stringency,  provision  was  made  by  the 
committee  to  meet  all  bills  when  presented.  A  synopsis  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  will  illustrate  the  nearness  with  which  the  committee  have  adhered 
to  their  financial  plan. 


56  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

The  West  Side  department  rapidly  developed  from  its 
inception,  soon  outgrew  its  first  quarters  on  West  Madison 
Street,  near  California  Avenue,  and  removed  to  Paulina  and 
Madison  streets,  where  the  physical  department  became  one 
of  the  permanent  features  of  the  work.  While  here  located, 
with  a  rapidly  increasing  membership,  the  necessity  of  erecting 
a  suitable  building  was  increasingly  apparent.  Just  at  this 
period  a  providential  opportunity  to  secure  its  present  building 
was  unexpectedly  presented.  The  Holden  building,  then 
occupied  by  the  La  Salle  Club,  at  542  West  Monroe  Street,  was 
suggested  as  suitable  in  location  and  equipment  for  the  growing 
work  of  the  department.  The  main  building,  constructed  of 
white  marble,  occupied  a  lot  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  by 
one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  feet,  and  contained  twenty-four 
rooms,  substantially  finished  and  furnished.  In  the  rear  an 
addition  had  been  erected  by  the  La  Salle  Club,  forty-two  by 
seventy-two  feet,  containing  bowling  alleys,  bathrooms,  an 
audience  room,  and  an  addition  hall,  admirably  adapted  for  a 
gymnasium.  The  club  having  expressed  its  purpose  to  vacate 
the  property,  an  option  on  the  premises  was  secured  at  $45,000. 
An  additional  sum  of  $5,000  was  added  to  this  amount  for 
necessary  alterations  and  equipment.  The  late  Jacob  Beidler, 
upon  learning  of  the  proposed  plan  of  purchase,  immediately 
subscribed  one-third  of  the  entire  amount,  being  $16,666.67, 
provided  the  other  two-thirds  of  the  total  amount  needed 
could  be  assured.  The  canvass  was  undertaken  in  February, 
1893,  and  within  forty-two  days  the  balance  was  subscribed. 
In  this  canvass  several  of  the  West  Side  pastors,  particularly 
Rev.  Dr.  William  M.  Lawrence,  rendered  valuable  aid.  This 
building  furnished  a  home  for  the  West  Side  department, 
providing  facilities  equal  to  those  furnished  by  more  costly 
buildings  erected  especially  for  association  use.  The  more 
commodious  building  now  planned,  suited  to  the  growing  needs 
of  the  association,  will  provide  facilities  for  all  forms  of  the 
activity  of  a  modern  association. 

The  Chicago  and  North  Western  Railway  Company  was 
among  the  first  of  the  railway  corporations  in  the  West  to  show 


BUILDINGS  57 

substantial  interest  in  the  association's  effort  for  railroad 
employees.  The  Kinzie  street  railroad  department  was  the  old- 
est of  existing  railroad  associations  in  Illinois.  Its  rooms  at 
Canal  and  Kinzie  streets,  occupied  January  1,  1882,  located  in 
the  first  railroad  depot  erected  in  Chicago,  were  in  the  early 
years  suitably  located  and  were  frequented  by  a  large  number  of 
railroad  employees.  The  company's  yards,  however,  were 
gradually  transferred  to  distant  points,  thus  limiting  the  work 
at  the  old  department  to  a  few  of  the  passenger  men.  The 
largest  center  for  association  effort  on  this  line  was  found  to  be 
five  miles  west  of  the  passenger  station,  near  the  shops  and 
yards  at  West  Fortieth  Street.  At  this  point  over  eighteen 
hundred  employees  centered,  including  shop  men,  engine  and 
train  men.  In  1891  Marvin  Hughitt,  president  of  the  Chicago 
and  North  Western  Railroad  Company,  made  a  proposition 
for  the  directors  that  the  company  would  appropriate  $15,000 
for  an  association  building  at  that  point,  provided  the  men  were 
sufficiently  interested  to  contribute  $5,000  toward  its  erection 
and  equipment.  Three  of  the  directors  made  an  additional 
promise  to  purchase  and  donate  as  their  personal  subscription 
a  site  for  the  building.  These  generous  offers  created  wide- 
spread interest  among  the  railroad  men.  Under  the  leadership 
of  Robert  Quayle,  superintendent  of  motive  power  and  machin- 
ery, a  canvass  resulted  in  securing  within  thirty  days  $6,500 
in  subscriptions  from  fifteen  hundred  and  fifty  men.  The 
railway  company  subsequently  increased  its  subscription  to 
$18,000. 

On  a  site  seventy-five  by  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  feet, 
valued  at  $2,800,  a  handsome  tw^o-story  and  basement  building 
was  dedicated  October  28,  1897. 

The  restaurant  on  the  first  floor,  where  lunches  and  meals 
may  be  obtained  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night,  is  especially 
appreciated  by  the  men;  while  the  dormitory  privileges,  fur- 
nishing twenty  beds,  are  all  in  constant  use. 

The  building  for  North  Western  men  was  soon  followed 
by  a  building  movement  at  Elsdon,in  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway 
yards.     Three  hundred  men  center  at  this  point.     Through  the 


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generous  offer  of  the  officials  of  the  road  and  the  personal  inter- 
est of  General  Manager  Charles  M.  Hays,  the  company  gave 
a  long  lease  of  land  March  10,  1898,  and  on  April  6,  1898,  con- 
tributed $3,500  for  a  building  for  the  association  work  at  this 
point.  Subscriptions  to  the  amount  of  $600  were  secured  from 
the  men;  a  pledge  of  $250  from  the  Chicago,  New  York  and 
Boston  Refrigerator  Company,  and  personal  pledges  from 
friends  made  possible  the  erection  of  a  building  costing,  with 
furnishings,  about  $6,000,  which  was  opened  January  3,  1899. 

In  the  year  1902  the  Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad 
erected  a  building  at  Dolton  Junction,  situated  on  railroad 
property,  both  land  and  building  being  leased  to  the  association 
for  twenty-one  years.  This  building  was  opened  October  15, 
1902.  It  was  destroyed  by  fire  January  1,  1904,  and  then  was 
rebuilt  by  the  company  on  a  larger  scale,  and  opened  June  27, 
1905. 

All  of  the  earlier  buildings  of  the  Chicago  association  were 
obtained  before  the  days  of  quick  canvasses.  Years  of  work 
and  effort  were  frequently  required  to  secure  a  building.  This 
was  true  of  the  building  for  the  Hyde  Park  department.     In 

1901  a  parlor  conference  was  held  at  the  home  of  John  B.  Lord, 
which  resulted  in  hearty  and  general  approval  of  the  movement 
for  a  building  at  this  point.  A  representative  committee  was 
appointed,  which  began  an  investigation  of  the  questions  of 
locality  and  cost  of  a  building  site,  and  plans  were  formulated 
for  a  canvass  for  $100,000  for  this  building.     During  the  year 

1902  a  quiet,  but  persistent,  effort  was  made  to  inaugurate  a 
canvass  for  $125,000  instead  of  the  $100,000  fund  contemplated, 
and  generous  subscriptions  were  made  by  Gustavus  F.  Swift 
and  John  B.  Lord,  so  that  the  close  of  the  year  showed  $46,000 
pledged.  These  subscriptions  were  conditional  upon  securing 
$100,000  in  bona  fide  subscriptions.  While  a  large  amount  of 
work  was  accomplished  during  the  year  and  $20,380  was  added 
to  the  fund,  the  entire  amount  was  not  reached.  The  time  of 
conditional  subscriptions,  however,  was  extended  to  June  18, 
1904,  on  which  date  the  entire  subscriptions  amounted  to 
$100,800.     A  lot  was  purchased  at  the  northeast  corner  of 


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Fifty-third  Street  and  Madison  Avenue,  for  $31,000.  This 
lot  originally  had  a  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  on 
Fifty-third  Street,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet  on  Madison 
Avenue,  but  before  the  erection  of  the  building  the  east  fifty 
feet  on  Fifty-third  Street  were  sold  for  $10,250.  Upon  this  lot 
the  present  building  was  erected  during  the  years  1905  and 
1906,  the  formal  opening  taking  place  on  November  20th,  and 
the  dedication  on  December  28,  1906. 

The  beginning  of  the  movement  for  the  securing  of  a  building 
for  the  Wilson  Avenue  department  dates  from  1901,  when  the 
chief  benefactor  of  this  department,  R.  J.  Bennett,  purchased 
at  a  cost  of  $8,500  and  transferred  to  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  association  the  valuable  corner  now  occupied.  Mr. 
Bennett  also  made  an  additional  subscription  of  $6,500  toward 
the  cost  of  the  building,  which  later  was  increased  to  $11,500. 

During  the  same  year  a  canvass  for  funds  was  inaugurated 
but  only  a  small  amount  was  secured.  During  1902  building 
plans  and  specifications  were  prepared  calling  for  the  erection 
of  a  building  to  cost  $90,000  when  fully  completed,  and  $7,500 
in  subscriptions  were  secured.  In  1903  a  beginning  was  made 
upon  the  erection  of  the  building.  Slow  progress  on  this  build- 
ing is  indicated  from  the  fact  that  at  the  close  of  1904  the 
building  was  reported  as  plastered  and  probably  ready  for  use 
within  ninety  days.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  the  building 
was  not  formally  opened  until  October  9,  1905. 

Influenced  by  the  success  of  the  dormitories  in  the  Wilson 
Avenue  and  Hyde  Park  department  buildings,  the  increased 
demand  by  young  men  for  more  rooms  of  the  same  type  and 
the  satisfactory  financial  returns  wherever  dormitories  were 
established,  the  board  of  trustees  in  1907  invested  the  general 
endowment  fund  of  $42,500  in  a  dormitory  on  the  unimpro\'ed 
portion  of  the  lot  occupied  by  the  West  Side  department. 
This  building,  which  is  of  the  slow-burning  type,  was  occupied 
November  15th.  It  is  five  stories  high,  including  basement, 
occupies  a  ground  area  of  forty-five  by  one  hundred  feet,  and 
contains  ninety-five  sleeping  rooms,  with  accommodations  for 
one  hundred  and  fifty  men. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 

OF  CHICAGO,   1898 
N.  S.  BouTON  A.  G.  Lane 

James  L.  Houghteung         Cyrus  H.  McCormick  E.  G.  Keith 

Norman  W.  Harris  Albert  L.  Coe  George  M.  High 

C.  C.  KoHLSAAT  W.  I.  Midler  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr. 


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The  Chicago  association,  for  what  has  been  accompHshed 
in  securing  a  proper  equipment  for  its  great  work,  is  deeply 
indebted  to  many  of  its  members  and  friends,  both  past  and 
present.  Their  splendid  zeal  has  conquered  many  incredible 
dijfficulties,  not  once,  but  again  and  again.  Through  the  entire 
history  of  this  building  movement  their  faith  has  not  faltered 
nor  their  generosity  failed.  No  stronger  testimony  than  what 
they  have  done  for  the  association  could  be  given  to  the  value 
and  efficiency  of  its  work;  nor  could  there  be  a  stronger  testi- 
mony to  the  public  spirit  and  Christian  purpose  of  those  who 
have  wrought  and  given  for  its  material  equipment. 

While  the  roll  of  names  of  those  whose  service  and  generosity 
have  contributed  to  the  building  movement  in  Chicago  is  too 
long  for  insertion  here,  those  who  are  omitted  will  expect  to  see 
in  this  place  the  names  of  four  men  who  have  long  wrought 
together:  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.,  James 
L.  Houghteling,  and  L.  Wilbur  Messer.  While  without  the 
assistance  of  many  others  they  could  not  have  succeeded,  their 
names  are  worthy  to  be  recorded  here  together.  The  truth  of 
history  requires  that  this  much  be  said  of  these  leaders  of  the 
building  movement  in  Chicago. 

The  first  of  this  quartette  has  been  called  to  his  reward, 
J.  L.  Houghteling  having  passed  away  July  28,  1910.  For 
twenty -two  years  these  four  men  had  worked  with  rare  devotion 
and  unanimity. 

The  Fourth  Period     (1908-1913) 

Celebration  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 

As  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago  drew  near  it  was 
deemed  important  that  the  event  should  be  celebrated  in  an 
appropriate  manner.  The  subject  was  discussed  in  many 
public  meetings  and  private  conferences,  but  the  first  official 
action  was  taken  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  managers 
held  on  January  17,  1907,  when  a  resolution  was  passed 
authorizing  the  appointment  of  one  hundred  citizens  to  formu- 


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FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 


late  plans  for  the  observance.    After  due  consideration  President 
Edward  P.  Bailey  announced  the  following  citizens'  committee: 


John  V.  Farwell, 

Anderson,  Rt.  Rev.  Charles  P. 

Armour,  J.  Ogden 

Ayer,  Edward  E. 

Bailey,  Edward  P. 

Baldwin,  Jesse  A. 

Bartlett,  A.  C. 

Barton,  E.  M. 

Bennett,  R.  J. 

Brown,  I.  E. 

Brown,  William  L. 

Brundage,  E.  J. 

Bryson,  William  J. 

Buffington,  E.  J. 

Butler,  E.  B. 

Brintnall,  W.  H. 

Carman,  George  N. 

Carter,  Orrin  N. 

Chapin,  S.  B. 

Chapman,  James  R. 

Conover,  Charles  H. 

Cooley,  E.  G. 

Coulter,  Dr.  J.  M. 

Crane,  Charles  R. 

Cutting,  Hon.  C.  S. 

Davis,  Dr.  N.  S. 

Day,  Albert  M. 

Deering,  William 

Defebaugh,  J.  E. 

Delano,  F.  A. 

Deneen,  Governor  Charles  S. 

Dickerson,  J.  S. 

Donnelley,  T.  E. 

Earling,  A.  J. 

Forgan,  David  R. 

Forgan,  James  B. 

Foss,  Hon.  George  Edmund 

Grosscup,  Hon.  P.  S. 

Halsey,  Edward  A^ 

Hamill,  E.  A. 

Harris,  N.  W. 


Jr.,  Chairman 

Haugan,  Helge,  A. 
Holt,  Charles  S. 
Holden,  Charles  R. 
Hooker,  H.  M. 
Houghteling,  James  L. 
Hubbard,  Henry  M. 
Hulburd,  Charles  H. 
Hughitt,  Marvin 
Hutchinson,  Charles  L. 
Jones,  Arthur  B. 
Judson,  Harry  Pratt 
Keep,  Chauncey 
Kimball,  Curtis  N. 
Kohlsaat,  C.  C. 
Kohlsaat,  H.  H. 
Lawson,  Victor  F. 
Lord,  John  B. 
Marcusson,  Henry  H. 
McClure,  Rev.  J.'G.  K. 
McCormick,  Cyrus  H. 
McCormick,  Harold  F. 
McDowell,  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  F. 
Mc Williams,  LaFayette 
Messer,  L.  Wilbur 
Munger,  O.  L. 
Murdoch,  Thomas 
Nichols,  E.  H. 
Patten,  James  A. 
Pirie,  John  T.,  Jr. 
Porter,  H.  H.,  Jr. 
Re  veil,  Alexander  H. 
Ryerson,  Martin  A. 
Scott,  Robert  L. 
Scully,  Daniel  B. 
Sears,  N.  C. 
Shedd,  John  G. 
Sidley,  Wm.  P. 
Sisson,  Everett 
Smith,  Orson 
Swift,  Edward  F. 


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Thomas,  Benjamin  West,  Frederick  T. 

Thompson,  Leverett  Wheeler,  Arthur  D. 

Templeton,  Thomas  Wieboldt,  W.  A. 

Warner,  Ezra  J.,  Jr.  Winchell,  B.  L. 

Wells,  A.  E.  Wilson,  John  P.,  Jr. 

Ziehme,  A.  E. 

This  committee  was  subdivided  into  several  sections  so  that 
each  member  had  a  definite  responsibility.  The  subcommittees 
were  on  Religious  Meetings,  Physical  Work,  Exhibitions, 
Receptions,  Banquets,  Speakers,  Objectives,  Members,  Dinners, 
Publicity,  Publication,  Anniversary  Service  and  another  on 
Observance  by  Civic,  Social,  Religious  and  Commercial  Socie- 
ties. After  months  of  consultation  and  careful  planning  the 
various  subcommittees  completed  their  work  and  announced  a 
program  of  more  than  two  hundred  public  functions  of  various 
kinds  extending  from  April  11th  to  28th,  1908.  The  sub- 
committee on  Objectives  adopted  the  following  resolutions 
defining  the  financial  objective : 

"In  view  of  the  fifty  years  of  useful  service  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  and  of  the  necessity 
of  securing  its  permanency,  stability  and  future  developments, 
we  recommend: 

"First.  That  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  association 
be  signalized  by  meeting  this  need  through  the  creation  of  a 
total  fund  of  one  million  dollars. 

"Second.  That  the  association,  through  its  committee, 
endeavor  to  raise  not  less  than  six  hundred  thousand  dollars 
of  this  amount  during  the  year  1908. 

"Third.  Five-sixths  of  the  amount  shall  be  set  apart  as 
paid  for  the  endowment  fund  and  one-sixth  for  the  reduction 
of  the  floating  debt,  unless  otherwise  specified  by  the  donors. 

"Fourth.  That  subscriptions  should  be  payable  preferably 
in  one  or  two  years,  but  in  no  case  over  three  years. 

"Fifth.  That  it  be  the  policy  of  the  association  to  invest  the 
fund  as  fast  as  practicable  in  dormitory  buildings  (which  will 
be  of  great  moral  value  to  young  men)  when  it  can  be  safely 
shown  that  this  will  be  a  good  income-paying  investment. 


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"Sixth.  That  it  is  desirable  to  secure  for  announcement  at 
the  anniversary  banquet  a  number  of  substantial  subscriptions 
to  this  fund." 

The  spirit  of  a  great  religious  revival  marked  the  initial 
meetings  in  the  celebration ;  scores  of  young  men  professed  their 
acceptances  of  the  Christian  faith  in  meetings  held  in  shops  and 
factories,  in  halls  and  churches  and  the  various  buildings  of  the 
association.  Anniversary  sermons  were  preached  in  eighty 
churches. 

In  the  physical  work  exhibitions,  more  than  700  athletes 
participated,  and  in  the  receptions  three  thousand  five  hundred 
people  were  welcomed  to  the  different  buildings  and  inspected 
the  work  being  done  for  the  men  and  boys  of  Chicago. 

The  event  was  of  such  a  significant  character  as  to  call 
forth  greetings  by  cable  and  wire  from  the  leading  cities  of 
the  world. 

World-wide   Greetings  to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  Chicago 
AT  the  Time  of  its  50th  Anniversary 

By  Howard  Williams,  Son  of  the  Founder  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

(Special  Cable) 
London,  April  25th: — America's  future  depends  upon  the 
character  and  efficiency  of  her  young  men.  The  association 
as  it  exists  develops  the  highest  type  of  Christian  manliness. 
The  state,  family,  and  individual  must  gain  immensely  by  the 
association's  success. 

By  Emmanuel  Sautter,  General  Secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

of  France 
(Special  Cable) 
Paris,  April  25th: — The  members  of  the  French  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  send  greetings  to  their  brothers 
in  Chicago.  You  have  a  splendid  past  in  transforming  men  to 
work  out  world-wide  Christian  ideals.  The  future  promises 
that  the  association  will  become  mightier  still. 

By  the  National  Committee  of  Brazil 
(Special  Cable) 
Rio  Janeiro,  April  29th : —  The  influence  of  the  Chicago 
Young   Men's    Christian   Association   is   felt   throughout   the 
world.     Its  intelligent  management  has  been  an  inspiration 


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to  the  association  in  Rio  Janeiro  in  organizing  a  service  for 
the  social  and  intellectual  betterment  of  men  as  exemplified 
in  the  recent  service  for  the  men  of  Admiral  Evans'  fleet. 

By  Count  Okuma,  Japan 
(Special  Cable) 
Tokio,  April  29th : —  I  sincerely  congratulate  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago  on  its  fiftieth  anni- 
versary, because  of  the  noble  work  it  has  done  for  your  great 
city  and  humanity,  and  for  the  civilization  of  the  world. 

By  the  National  Committee  of  Argentina 
(Special  Cable) 
Buenos  Aires,  April  29th: — The  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Argentine  Republic  sends  hearty  congratulations 
on  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Chicago  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association.  Its  record  inspires  us  to  greater 
victories  in  South  America. 

By  the  National  Committee  of  China  and  Corea 
(Special  Cable) 
Shanghai,  April  26th: — The  young  men  of  the  great  com- 
mercial empire  of  the  East  vies  with  the  strong  young  men  of 
the  great  commercial  metropolis  of  the  West  in  appreciation  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  striving  to  create 
Christian  leadership  and  the  awakening  of  China. 

By  Prince  Oscar  Bernadotte  of  Sweden 

(Special  Cable) 

Stockholm,   April   26th : —  God  has  wonderfully   used  the 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  these  fifty  years  for  the 

benefit    of   young    men,    making   good    citizens,    building   up 

character  and  saving  souls.     May  His  blessing  continue. 

Appropriate  resolutions  were  also  passed  by  civic  clubs, 
churches  and  commercial  organizations.  All  the  leading 
journals  both  religious  and  secular  devoted  large  space  to  the 
event  and  the  great  dailies  featured  the  celebration  in  their 
news  columns  and  editorial  pages,  and  many  ran  appropriate 
cartoons. 

A  striking  feature  of  the  publicity  given  the  celebration  was 
a  series  of  forceful  editorials  by  Herbert  Kauffman  printed  in 
the  advertising  columns  of  the  leading  daily  papers.     Another 


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phase  of  the  publicity  campaign  which  served  to  bring  the 
association  prominently  before  the  public  was  a  series  of  letters 
of  endorsement  from  the  leading  men  of  Chicago.  These 
letters  were  printed  in  fac-simile  typewritten  form  with  signa- 
tures and  photographs  of  the  authors.  These  men,  whose 
names  were  towers  of  strength  in  the  financial  and  business  life 
of  Chicago,  were  thus  publicly  identified  with  the  association 
and  their  endorsement  doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  the 
success  of  the  financial  campaign  which  formed  a  part  of  the 
anniversary  celebration. 

The  subscription  campaign  received  great  impetus  by  the 
offer  of  John  G.  Shedd  to  contribute  the  sum  of  $100,000.  Mr. 
Shedd  accompanied  his  offer  wath  the  following  letter:  "Recog- 
nizing the  necessity  of  securing  the  permanency,  stability  and 
future  development  of  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  Chicago,  I  wull  contribute  $50,000  for  investment  in  a 
dormitory  building  for  young  men  on  condition  that  the  asso- 
ciation inaugurates  and  pursues  a  campaign  for  the  raising  of  a 
total  sum  of  $600,000  for  the  purposes  recommended  by  the 
Anniversary  Campaign  Committee  on  objective,  said  sum  of 
$600,000  of  which  my  subscription  is  to  be  a  part.  And  I  fur- 
ther offer  to  contribute  an  additional  $50,000,  making  a  total 
of  $100,000  for  the  same  purpose,  if  the  sum  of  $1,000,000  is 
raised  or  satisfactorily  subscribed  during  the  year  1908." 

Mr.  Shedd's  gift  was  quickly  followed  by  one  of  $50,000 
from  Mrs.  Nettie  F.  McCormick  and  her  sons  Cyrus  H.  and 
Harold  F.  McCormick.  Then  Joseph  N.  Field  subscribed 
$50,000.  A  gift  of  great  significance  at  this  stage  of  the  campaign 
was  one  of  $30,000  from  W.  A.  Wieboldt,  as  it  inaugurated  a 
movement  for  a  new  building  on  the  Northwest  Side  near 
Milwaukee  Avenue.  Mr.  Wieboldt  later  reported  an  additional 
gift  of  $70,000  from  a  Chicago  family.  Three  subscriptions  of 
$25,000  each  were  next  reported  from  Mrs.  T.  B.  Blackstone, 
J.  Ogden  Armour  and  John  V.  Farwell  and  son. 

A  noteworthy  event  during  the  anniversary  celebration  was 
a  luncheon  and  conference  of  early  officers  and  members  of 
the  association  held  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel  at  12:30  o'clock 


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68  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

on  April  21st.  At  this  meeting  it  was  announced  that  of  the 
Hst  of  those  whose  names  appear  in  the  first  charter  of  the  asso- 
ciation, only  two  were  living  at  that  time.  These  two  were 
John  V.  Farwell  and  Henry  W.  Hinsdale.  Letters  of  regret 
were  read  from  both  of  these  gentlemen  stating  that  owing  to 
illness  they  were  unable  to  attend  the  meeting. 

There  were  present,  however,  a  large  company  of  early 
members  and  officers.  Among  the  number  were  five  former 
presidents  of  the  association.     These  were  Dr.  J.  H.  Hollister, 

E.  S.  Wells,  James  L.  Houghteling,  Henry  M.  Hubbard  and 
John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.  Each  responded  with  brief  reminiscences. 
Others  who  reviewed  the  work  of  the  early  days  were  Bishop 
Charles  Edward  Cheney  who  was  associated  with  Dwight  L. 
Moody  in  the  latter's  work,  John  A.  Cole,  Judge  C.  C.  Kohl- 
saat,  Simon  W.  King,  A.  T.  Hemingway,  general  secretary  from 
1878  to  1888,  and  L.  Wilbur  Messer,  Mr.  Hemingway's  suc- 
cessor and  holder  of  the  office  for  the  last  twenty  years.  Other 
speakers  were  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  H.  W.  Dudley,  C.  E. 
Van  Wick,  H.  D.  Penfield,  A.  P.  Fitt,  Charles  M.  Morton,  Rev. 
Alexander  Patterson,  Bishop  Samuel  Fallows,  Captain  Rumsey, 
Robert  Weidensall,  Richard  C.  Morse,  and  I.  E.  Brown. 

The  anniversary  celebration  had  its  culmination  in  a  great 
commemorative  banquet  at  the  Congress  Hotel  on  Monday 
night,  April  28th,  w^hich  was  attended  by  250  men,  the  very 
flower  of  Chicago's  commercial  and  professional  life.  There 
were  seven  railroad  presidents,  ten  bank  presidents,  thirty  or 
forty  heads  of  large  corporations,  two  university  presidents, 
the  governor  of  Illinois,  bishops,  clergymen,  doctors,  lawyers, 
capitalists,  brokers  and  merchants.  One  of  the  leading  morn- 
ing papers  remarked,  "  If  those  250  men  were  removed  from  their 
spheres  of  action  Chicago  would  be  at  a  standstill  this  morning." 
At  the  speaker's  table  were  Governor  Charles  S.  Deneen, 
Woodrow  Wilson,  Charles  R.  Holden,  L.  Wilbur  Messer,  Victor 

F.  Lawson,  John  V.  Farwell,  Jr.,  James  G.  Cannon,  Cyrus  H. 
McCormick,  Edward  P.  Bailey,  Harry  Pratt  Judson,  H.  B.  F. 
McFarland,  Bishop  Charles  P.  Anderson,  William  P.  Sidley, 
Bishop  Wm.  F.  McDowell,  and~Richard  C.  Morse. 


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70  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

Great  applause  greeted  the  announcement  at  this  final 
meeting  of  the  celebration  that  $305,000  had  been  subscribed 
since  the  jubilee  project  with  its  gigantic  objective  was  set  in 
motion,  two  weeks  previous. 

Excerpts  from  Anniversary  Addresses 

The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  has  been  spoken  of 
as  a  vast  machine  for  social  betterment.  I  believe  there  could 
scarcely  be  found  anywhere  in  the  world  an  organization  which  in 
so  many  ways  is  working  for  the  good  of  society,  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  a  high  standard  of  citizenship,  and  for  the  moral  uplifting 
of  mankind.  Here  into  the  realm  of  morals  has  been  introduced 
what  has  proven  so  effective  in  the  realm  of  business — organiza- 
tion and  co-operation. —  Hon.  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Governor  of 
the  State  of  Illinois. 

The  commercial  value  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation lies  in  the  fact  that  it  recognizes  the  existence  of  the 
outside  man  and  the  inside  man,  and  shows  them  their  right 
relation  to  each  other,  and  by  so  doing  rounds  out  men's  lives 
and  makes  them  better  men  for  you  and  for  me  to  deal  with. 
Fifty  years  have  passed  in  the  work  of  this  magnificent  associa- 
tion in  Chicago.  Give  it  another  fifty  years  of  splendid  work 
for  the  outside  and  inside  man,  and  can  you,  as  business  men, 
count  its  commercial  value  to  this  city.f* —  James  G.  Cannon, 
Vice-President,  Fourth  National  Bank,  New  York,  at  Citizens' 
Banquet. 

The  chief  contribution  which  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  has  made  to  the  life  of  this  nation  is  to  show  it 
where  to  begin  and  what  to  do.  Is  it  of  no  significance  that 
the  work  of  this  association  is  in  a  sense  more  vital  in  foreign 
countries  —  I  mean  in  foreign  countries  not  yet  touched  by  our 
civilization — than  it  is  even  among  ourselves.^  Is  the  extraor- 
dinary story  which  the  men  now  come  back  from  China  tell 
us  of  no  great  significance,  that  a  great  nation,  just  waking  from 
several  centuries  of  sleep,  has  come  to  see  that  if  it  will  put  its 
young  men  under  the  vitalizing  processes  offered  by  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  it  may  come  in  a  single  generation 
from  impotence  to  power,  from  a  place  in  which  it  is  despised 
into  a  place  in  which  it  will  be  regnant  and  respected.^  Is  it  of 
no  consequence  that  the  foreigner  looking  upon  this  great 
association  has  seen  that  in  this- lies  the  vitality  of  the  nation, 
that  here  are  the  real  roots  of  education,  the  real  sources  of 


SPEAKERS  AT  THE  CITIZENS'   BANQUET  CLOSING  THE  50TH  ANNIVERSARY 

CELEBRATION  (Courtesy  of  The  Daily  News) 
Bishop  C.  P.  Anderson  Gov.  Charles  S.  Deneen        Bishop  William  F.   McDowell 

James  LHouGHTBLiNG  Edward  P.  Bailey  President,  Woodrow  Wilsom 

H.  B.  t.  .McFarland  John  V.  Farwell  James  G.  Cannon 


72  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

inspiration,  the  real  origins  of  self-sacrifice  and  of  self-elevation, 
and  that  the  world,  for  its  leadership,  is  to  look  to  this  new 
instrumentality  which  has  been  seeking  to  make  alive  whole 
generations  of  men? —  President  Woodrow  Wilson,  of  Princeton 
University. 

The  unparalleled  celebration  of  the  golden  anniversary  of 
The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago  will  have  its 
effect  all  over  the  world  and  through  all  the  years  to  come. 
Chicago  does  great  things  and  in  a  great  manner.  But  it  never 
did  anything  greater  of  its  kind  than  this  celebration.  I  was 
deeply  impressed  by  the  fact  that  through  it  all  a  high  spiritual 
purpose  appeared  and  that  emphasis  was  in  due  proportion  upon 
the  different  phases  of  the  association  life.  Even  the  million- 
dollar  thank  offering,  which  I  have  no  doubt  will  be  completed 
during  this  year,  was  the  occasion  of  spiritual  profit.  Alto- 
gether it  seemed  to  me  to  reveal  a  new  Chicago,  with  its  affec- 
tions set  not  upon  things  below,  but  things  above.  I  was  told 
that  the  ten  leading  citizens  of  Chicago  now  were  all  Christian 
men,  whereas  ten  years  ago  the  ten  leading  citizens  were  all 
non-Christian  men.  This  seems  to  mark  the  change  in  Chicago 
which  shone  out  so  brilliantly  in  the  celebration  of  its  golden 
wedding  with  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.— 
H.  B.  F.  MacFarland,  Commissioner  District  of  Columbia. 

After  the  anniversary  exercises  closed  the  Citizens'  Com- 
mittee, including  the  officers  of  the  association,  continued  the 
campaign  for  funds,  meeting  each  week  to  report  results.  The 
fund  grew  steadily  by  the  addition  of  subscriptions  running 
from  $100  to  $25,000  until  great  impetus  was  given  the  move- 
ment by  a  subscription  of  $100,000  from  Victor  F.  Lawson  in 
November,  1909.  Another  gift  of  $100,000  which  brought  great 
encouragement  to  the  association  was  received  from  the  firm  of 
Sears,  Roebuck  &  Company  in  January,  1910.  This  gift  made 
possible  the  erection  of  a  new  building  near  the  plant  of  above 
firm.  The  total  anniversary  fund  now  amounted  to  $831,000. 
In  order  to  complete  the  fund  within  a  period  of  two  years  as 
first  planned  it  was  then  decided  to  organize  a  twelve-day  cam- 
paign for  the  completion  of  the  fund.  The  sum  of  $189,000  was 
needed,  to  complete  one  million  dollars,  but  it  was  decided  to 
raise  during  the  short  canvass  the  sum  of  $350,000. 


THE  TWELVE-DAY  CAMPAIGN  73 

The  Twelve-Day  Campaign 

The  Twelve-Day  Campaign  to  which  this  chapter  is  devoted 
was  not  a  part  of  the  original  plan  of  the  semicentennial  cele- 
bration, but  grew  out  of  the  exigencies  of  the  situation.  At  the 
close  of  the  year  1909  the  Million  Dollar  Campaign  had  reached 
the  sum  of  $831,000.  This  sum  had  been  subscribed  for  endow- 
ment and  new  work  outside  the  existing  departments.  Each  of 
these  departments  now  stated  needs  of  its  own,  and  all  but  the 
New  Division  Street  department  had  a  constituency  of  old 
contributors  and  members.  In  view  of  this  situation  it  was 
decided  that  the  campaign  should  take  the  form  of  an  appeal 
to  the  friends  of  all  departments  to  supply  at  once  their  present 
needs  for  the  erection  and  completion  of  buildings,  the  payment 
of  debts,  and  the  provision  for  one  year's  current  expenses. 
The  total  amount  required  for  these  various  objects  was 
$350,000. 

This  general  plan  having  been  determined  upon  it  was  evi- 
dent that  the  key  to  the  situation  was  the  selection  of  the  right 
man  for  general  chairman  of  the  campaign.  Harry  A.  Wheeler, 
vice-president  of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  one  of  the  most 
active  and  prominent  members  of  the  Association  of  Commerce, 
and  who  later  became  its  president,  was  chosen  for  the  position. 
Mr.  Wheeler  had  not  been  actively  connected  with  the  associa- 
tion, but  recognizing  the  importance  of  the  work  and  the  neces- 
sity of  immediate  action  finally  consented  to  assume  the  duty. 
Each  department  provided  a  local  chairman  who  was  in  some 
cases  the  chairman  of  the  committee  of  management.  In  the 
case  of  the  West  Side  department  a  local  banker,  J.  A.  Wendell, 
consented  to  serve,  and  at  the  Division  Street  department,  where 
as  yet  there  was  no  committee  of  management,  another  banker, 
Joseph  R.  Noel,  undertook  the  work,  and  to  these  two  gentle- 
men in  particular  the  association  is  much  indebted,  as  their  pres- 
ence at  the  head  of  these  two  committees  was  of  great  assistance. 
Chairmen  of  other  departments  were  Frederick  T.  West,  Cen- 
tral, C.  T.  B.  Goodspeed,  Hyde  Park,  J.  W.  Hedenberg,  Wilson 


EXECUTIVE  CHAIRMEN  THE  TWELVE-DAY  CAMPAIGN 


C.   T.   B.   GOODSPEED, 

Hyde  Park 
J.  A.  Wendell,  West 
Side 


James  W.  Hbdenberg, 
Wilson  Avenue 

Harry  A.  Wheeler, 
General  Committee 

John  V.  Farwell,  Metro- 
politan Committee 


Frederick  T.  West, 

Central 
Joseph  R.  Noel,  Division 

Street 


THE   TWELVE-DAY   CAMPAIGN  75 

Avenue,  and  John  V.  Farwell,  Metropolitan  Committee.  Mr. 
Wheeler  and  the  chairmen  of  the  several  departments  consti- 
tuted the  executive  committee  of  the  campaign.  At  the  first 
meeting  of  the  committee  held  on  February  26,  1910,  it  was 
voted  to  obtain  the  services  of  C.  S.  Ward  of  the  International 
committee  to  assist  in  the  campaign.  The  dates  chosen  for  thie 
campaign  were  March  30th  to  April  12th.  During  the  two 
weeks  following  this  meeting  the  time  of  the  Executive  commit- 
tee and  department  secretaries  was  devoted  to  the  work  of  se- 
curing the  needed  forty-five  team  captains.  The  roster  of  the 
captains  and  the  members  of  teams  numbering  400  men  was 
finally  completed.  The  association  owes  much  to  the  members 
of  these  teams,  especially  as  this  campaign  was  begun  under 
unusual  circumstances.  Many  similar  efforts  have  as  their 
aim  the  erection  of  one  conspicuous  building  which  is  to  be  a 
matter  of  pride  to  the  whole  city.  This  campaign  had  as  its 
purpose  the  payment  of  debts,  the  making  of  minor  additions 
to  inconspicuous  buildings  in  outlying  districts,  and  the  erection 
of  one  building  of  modest  proportions  in  one  of  the  poorer  dis- 
tricts of  the  city.  Most  campaigns  also  start  with  the  an- 
nouncement of  a  number  of  large  gifts  and  with  the  knowledge 
on  the  part  of  the  workers  that  rich  patrons  of  the  association 
may  be  relied  upon  to  help  largely.  In  this  case  the  sum  of 
$831,000  had  already  been  obtained,  and  the  short-term  cam- 
paign was  made  because  it  had  proved  impossible  to  obtain 
any  more  money  from  the  regular  constituency  of  the  asso- 
ciation. 

On  Friday  evening,  March  24th,  the  captains  of  the  various 
teams  dined  at  the  La  Salle  Hotel  and  the  general  plan  of  the 
campaign  was  fully  explained.  Headquarters  were  secured  on 
the  third  floor  of  a  building  at  the  southwest  corner  of  State 
and  Monroe  streets.  A  branch  office  of  the  association  was 
opened  in  the  room  in  which  the  noon  luncheons  were  held,  a 
large  number  of  telephones  installed,  literature  and  clerical 
assistance  were  provided  and  a  force  of  secretaries  was  con- 
tinually in  attendance.  Extensive  plans  were  made  to  inform 
the  public  of  the  progress  of  the  campaign  by  means  of  local 


76  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

booklets  prepared  by  each  department  setting  forth  its  needs, 
which  were  sent  out  to  prospective  subscribers.  The  co-opera- 
tion of  the  great  metropoUtan  papers  was  secured  and  much  of 
the  success  of  the  enterprise  is  attributed  to  the  pubHcity  given 
in  this  way.  Scores  of  news  items,  many  editorial  articles,  and 
a  large  number  of  cartoons  of  striking  character  appeared  in  the 
great  dailies,  some  of  the  papers  running  a  picture  of  the  large 
clock  face  on  which  the  progress  of  the  campaign  was  exhibited 
each  day. 

At  the  first  meeting  on  Wednesday,  March  30th,  the  team 
members  made  their  own  contributions  and  these,  with  a 
pledge  of  $10,000  from  a  donor  whose  name  was  not  then  an- 
nounced, $3,000  from  the  Women's  committee  of  the 
Hyde  Park  department,  and  three  pledges  of  $1,000  each 
brought  the  total  for  the  day  to  $29,683.  The  workers  came 
together  each  day  at  the  noon  hour  to  report  the  progress  of 
their  work.  Some  days  the  results  were  so  small  as  to  well  nigh 
discourage  the  solicitors  but  all  continued  the  work  with 
unabated  zeal. 

Friday,  April  8th,  was  one  of  the  great  days  of  the  campaign. 
The  sums  brought  in  by  the  solicitors,  including  a  contribution 
of  $5,000  from  the  International  Harvester  Co.,  amounted  to 
$21,662,  bringing  the  Million  Dollar  fund  to  completion.  Mr. 
Messer  thereupon  announced  a  contribution  of  $40,000  from  an 
unknown  donor,  conditional  on  obtaining  of  the  whole  $350,000. 
It  afterward  developed  that  Joseph  N.  Field  of  Marshall  Field 
&  Company  was  the  donor  of  this  $40,000  and  of  the  $10,000 
gift  reported  the  first  day.  On  the  following  day  $48,617  was 
reported,  the  venerable  philanthropist  and  friend  of  education. 
Dr.  D.  K.  Pearsons,  contributing  $20,000  and  the  Illinois  Steel 
Co.,  $10,000,  both  gifts  being  conditional  on  completing  the 
entire  fund.  There  remained  $55,255  to  be  raised  on  the  last 
day,  more  than  had  been  raised  on  the  first  three  days.  Very 
few  members  of  the  teams  spent  that  last  day  in  their  offices, 
but  at  noon,  notwithstanding  a  gift  of  $4,000  from  John  V. 
Farwell,  chairman  of  the  Metropolitan  committee,  $17,379 
was  still  lacking.     It  had  been  announced  that  a  meeting  would 


JOHNG.SHEDD,  WHO  MADE  THE  INITIAL  GIFT  OF  $100,000  WHICH  RESULTED 
IN  THE  RAISING  OF  THE  ANNIVERSARY  FUND  AMOUNTING  TO  $1,165,000 


78  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

be  held  at  6  o'clock,  and  if  necessary  a  final  meeting  would  be 
held  at  10  o'clock,  but  in  the  five  hours  following  the  adjourn- 
ment at  1  o'clock  this  amount  was  made  up  with  $1,000  to  spare. 
Dr.  Pearsons  had,  with  characteristic  generosity,  notified 
Mr.  Messer  during  the  afternoon  that  he  would  make  up  any 
deficiency  that  might  exist  when  the  teams  met  that  evening, 
but  although  no  contributions  of  over  $1,000  were  obtained 
the  hundreds  of  solicitors,  aided  by  pledges  coming  by  mail  and 
telegraph,  succeeded  in  collecting  the  entire  amount  without 
its  becoming  necessary  to  take  advantage  of  Dr.  Pearsons' 
offer.  The  total  amount  of  contributions  as  reported  that  night 
was  $351,448,  which  was  increased  by  belated  pledges  within 
the  next  few  daj^s  to  $354,038. 

The  celebration  that  followed  the  announcement  that  the 
total  fund  had  been  raised  was  one  that  few  of  those  present 
will  ever  forget.  A  wild  riot  of  cheering  followed,  with  songs 
led  by  the  Daily  News  band,  and  college  yells.  Speeches  of 
congratulation  were  made  by  Richard  C.  Hall,  Julius  Rosen- 
wald,  Harold  F.  McCormick,  Edward  P.  Bailey,  John  V.  Far- 
well,  and  many  other  workers. 

A  word  should  be  said  in  appreciation  of  the  faithful  and 
earnest  efforts  of  the  members  of  the  teams.  To  take  12  days 
out  of  the  busiest  season  of  the  year  to  solicit  funds  requires 
a  high  degree  of  consecration  and  moral  courage.  In  many 
cases  the  teams  whose  figures  were  comparatively  small  did  as 
good  work  and  faced  more  difficulties  than  the  teams  that 
brought  in  large  returns,  these  great  returns  being  often  the 
result  of  large  gifts  by  two  or  three  individuals.  Some  idea  of 
the  amount  of  work  done  may  be  had  when  it  is  considered  that 
the  400  men  engaged  in  the  campaign  obtained  6,864  pledges. 
They  worked  ordinarily  in  pairs  so  that  it  would  be  conservative 
to  say  that  on  an  average  each  man  had  a  part  in  obtaining  at 
least  25  pledges,  which  means  an  average  of  100  calls  or  about  8 
per  day.  Over  3,000  of  the  pledges  obtained  were  of  $5 
or  less,  $100,000  was  collected  in  amounts  of  $100  or 
less.  These  figures  throw  a  flood  of  light  on  the  self-sacrificing 
devotion  of  the  teams  assigned  to  work  in  the  residence  dis- 


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79 


tricts,  where  the  people  Hved  far  apart  and  were  of  moderate  or 
small  means. 

Certain  teams,  however,  deserve  especial  mention.  Num- 
ber one  led  by  C.  W.  Worthington  of  the  Division  Street  de- 
partment performed  an  especial  service  in  starting  each  day's 
report  with  a  word  of  good  cheer  and  a  substantial  amount. 
The  teams  led  by  J.  W.  Badenoch  of  the  West  Side  department, 


CLOSING  NIGHT  OF  THE  TWELVE-DAY  CAMPAIGN,  APRIL  12,    1910 

L.  A.  Bowman,  Luke  Wilson,  Francis  P.  Butler  and  John  M. 
Ewen  of  the  Central  department  and  R.  C.  Berlin  of  the  Wilson 
Avenue  department,  each  brought  in  more  than  $5,000.  The 
teams  led  by  A.  Miller  Belfield  of  Hyde  Park,  and  Harry  L. 
Wells  of  Central  department,  each  raised  over  $10,000.  An- 
other team  which  merited  special  mention  was  one  composed 
of  students  of  the  Institute  and  Training  school  captained  by 
H.  L.  Mayer.  This  team  stood  sixteenth  in  point  of  amount 
raised. 

Toward  the  close  of  the  campaign  a  lively  contest  for  first 


80 


FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 


place  arose  between  the  teams  of  R.  C.  McNamara,  known  as 
the  Princeton  team,  and  the  Hyde  Park  Business  Men's  team, 
captained  first  by  Edwin  F.  Sharpe  and  afterward  by  WiUiam 
Clancy.  Both  of  these  teams  reported  over  $20,000  each  during 
the  campaign.  On  the  last  night  the  Hyde  Park  team  was  in 
the  lead  at  the  first  announcement,  then  each  team  raised  its 
amount  so  that  they  led  alternately;  the  final  honors,  however. 


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rested  with  the  Princeton  team,  whose  Princeton  connection 
stood  them  in  good  stead. 

The  result  of  the  campaign  may  be  briefly  summarized  as 
follows:  It  completed  the  Million  Dollar  fund,  it  freed  the 
association  from  debt,  it  furnished  the  Division  Street  depart- 
ment's new  building,  it  completed  the  Hyde  Park  and  Wilson 
Avenue  buildings,  it  built  a  new  $125,000  building  for  the  West 
Side  department.  But  best  of  all,  it  developed  a  group  of 
several  hundred  men  who  proved  their  willingness  to  sacrifice 
for  the  association's  cause,  and  have  learned  that  they  can 
raise  money  for  the  association.  "  Such  a  group  of  men  is  bound 


THE   FOURTH   PERIOD 


81 


to  mean  much  for  the  future  of  the  many  philanthropies  of  the 
city  as  well  as  for  the  future  of  the  association. 

The  period  following  the  completion  of  the  Anniversary 
fund  was  marked  by  a  rapid  expansion  of  the  association  in 
building  and  equipment  and  also  in  the  range  of  its  activities. 


LECTURE  ON  "AMERICAN  CITIZENSHIP  AND  PATRIOTISM"  UNDER  THE 

AUSPICES  OF  THE  COMMISSION  ON  YOUNG  MEN  AND 

BOYS  OF  FOREIGN  PARENTAGE,  1910 

A  striking  movement  of  this  period  was  inaugurated  (1909) 
when  two  important  commissions  were  appointed  for  investi- 
gation and  research  in  new  and  entirely  different  lines  of  work 
involving  the  entire  city.  The  first  of  these  was  the  Commission 
on  Young  Men  and  Boys  of  Foreign  Parentage. 

The  work  of  the  commission  grew  to  such  proportions  that 


82  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

it  soon  became  necessary  to  employ  an  immigration  secretary 
to  direct  its  activities.  Abraham  Bowers,  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Chicago,  was  called  to  the  position  and  assumed 
his  duties  on  July  1,  1910. 

There  were  three  divisions  in  the  work  of  this  commission : 

First,  the  Commission  on  Survey  which  made  a  scientific 
study  of  certain  foreign  districts  which  attracted  nation-wide 
attention.  Under  the  direction  of  this  commission  an  investi- 
gation of  lodging  houses  and  cheap  hotels  in  the  central  part  of 
the  city  was  also  made,  the  report  of  results  becoming  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  development  of  interest  in  the  Association 
Hotel  project. 

A  second  division  of  the  work  of  the  commission  was  the 
meeting  of  immigrants  at  the  railroad  stations  and  befriending 
them  in  various  practical  ways.  A  special  secretary  gave  his 
entire  time  to  this  work. 

A  third  division  of  activities  was  found  in  the  teaching  of 
English  and  good  citizenship  to  non-English-speaking  immi- 
grants. 

The  second  commission  was  that  on  the  Relation  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  to  the  Churches.  The 
commission  was  thoroughly  representative  of  the  church 
brotherhoods  and  men's  clubs  of  the  city.  After  some  months 
of  study  it  recommended  a  plan  of  co-operation  with  the 
churches  which  called  for  the  supervision  of  an  experienced 
specialist.  Harry  T.  Williams  was  accordingly  called  to  the 
position  and  began  his  duties  as  inter-church  secretary  on 
June  1,  1911. 

Meanwhile  the  Men  and  Religion  Forward  movement  had 
been  projected  into  Chicago  and  the  association  offered  the 
services  of  Mr.  Williams  as  the  executive  secretary  for  the 
movement.  The  movement  had  its  culmination  in  an  eight- 
day  campaign,  April  8  to  15,  1912,  when  special  emphasis 
was  placed  on  social  service,  boys'  work,  bible  study,  evan- 
gelism and  missions.  Previous  to  this  campaign  Mr.  Williams 
spent  several  months  with  committees  from  the  various  churches 
of  the  city  in  developing  plans  for  these  lines  of  work. 


THE   FOURTH   PERIOD  83 

Two  notable  bequests  were  received  in  1910  which  greatly 
assisted  in  the  larger  development  which  followed.  The  first 
was  that  of  Thomas  Murdoch,  on  which  has  been  paid  $719,- 
369.26,  and  is  said  to  be  the  largest  legacy  ever  left  to  any  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  The  second  was  one  from  the 
estate  of  Sarah  E.  Hawley,  on  which  there  has  been  received 
$25,696.98.     These  bequests  added  to  the  total  Anniversary 


Leroy  W.  Tucker  Charles  W.  Pierce 

EMPLOYED  OFFICERS  WABASH  AVENUE   DEPARTMENT 

fund  gave  the  association  a  little  more  than  $1,929,103  in  a 
period  of  two  years. 

The  first  building  to  be  erected  out  of  the  Anniversary  fund 
was  a  dormitory  annex  to  the  Wilson  Avenue  department 
building,  corner  Hermitage  and  Wilson  avenues,  which  was 
completed  and  opened  for  use  on  January  27,  1910,  at  a  cost 
of  $95,000.  This  addition  provided  160  rooms  which  were 
quickly  occupied  by  young  men. 

Another    significant    movement    affecting    the    city-wide 


84 


FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 


interests  of  the  Association  was  the  calHng  of  F.  A.  Crosby 
as  City  Director  of  Boys'  Work.  Mr.  Crosby  assumed  his 
duties  on  February  1st,  1910.  Under  his  direction  careful 
surveys  were  made  of  the  boys'  work  of  the  whole  asso- 
ciation. Numerous  institutes  were  held  to  consider  the 
interests   of   employed   boys   in   shops,   factories   and   stores. 


A  LARGE  POLISH-ENGLISH  CLASS  IN   THE  MOST  DENSELY  POPULATED 

BLOCK  IN  CHICAGO,  UNDER  THE  AUSPICES  OF  THE  COMMISSION 

ON  YOUNG  MEN  AND  BOYS  OF  FOREIGN  PARENTAGE,  1911 

Institutes  were  also  held  in  the  interests  of  boys  in  the  city 
schools  which  resulted  in  significant  campaigns  among  high 
school  boys  in  favor  of  clean  sport,  clean  speech,  and  clean 
living.  These  institutes  resulted  in  securing  more  adequate 
supervision  of  boys'  work  through  an  increased  number  of 
volunteer  committeemen  and  paid  officers.  A  gain  of  eight 
boys'  work  directors  was  made  during  the  year.  In  each  of  the 
new  buildings,  through  careful  planning  and  a  study  of  condi- 
tions, complete  equipment  for  boys'  work  was  secured.  The 
boy  Scout  movement  was  developed  on  a  city- wide  basis  mainly 


THE  FOURTH  PERIOD  85 

through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Crosby  and  a  council  organized  to 
promote  the  activities.  This  movement  was  launched  at  a 
dinner  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel  attended  by  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  persons  representing  over  sixty  religious  and 
educational  agencies.  A.  Stamford  White,  chairman  of  the 
city  boys'  work  committee  of  the  association,  was  an  active 
leader  and  was  elected  president  of  the  Boy  Scout  council. 

The  most  conspicuous  and  successful  work  among  pro- 
fessional school  students  in  North  America  was  developed  dur- 
ing the  years  1909  and  1910  at  the  Northwestern  University 
building  at  Lake  and  Dearborn  streets.  Under  the  direction 
of  a  representative  committee  of  the  faculty  and  student 
body,  and  L.  C.  HoUister,  an  experienced  secretary,  the 
association  at  that  point  made  a  remarkable  showing.  Of 
749  students  enrolled  in  the  law,  pharmacy  and  dental  schools, 
436  were  members  of  the  association  at  the  close  of  the  year 
1910.  All  the  various  lines  of  effort  common  in  student  asso- 
ciation work  were  well  developed  and  exercised  a  profound 
influence  over  the  student  body.  The  entire  work  was  so  well 
managed  as  to  warrant  an  annual  appropriation  of  $900 
from  the  university. 

On  December  15,  1910,  occurred  the  formal  opening  and 
dedication  of  the  Division  Street  department  building,  the 
second  building  to  be  erected  from  funds  provided  by  the 
Anniversary  campaign.  This  building  project  received  its 
impetus  during  the  first  week  of  the  Anniversary  campaign 
when  W.  A.  Wieboldt  offered  a  subscription  of  $30,000  on 
condition  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  would  raise  a  sufficient 
amount  to  erect  a  modern  building  with  large  dormitory 
facilities.  This  gift  by  Mr.  Wieboldt  was  followed  soon  after- 
ward by  another  of  $70,000  from  a  Chicago  family.  With  gifts 
now  totaling  $100,000  a  provisional  committee  was  formed  of 
well-known  citizens  of  the  Northwest  Side.  This  committee, 
with  the  assistance  of  W.  P.  England,  field  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Managers,  made  a  thorough  canvass  for  contributions 
for  the  building.  In  all,  more  than  450  individuals  and  corpora- 
tions made  subscriptions  to  the  fund.  At  the  opening  of  the 
Twelve  Day  campaign  the  fund  still  needed  the  sum  of  $10,000. 


86  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

A  committee  of  younger  men  was  organized  to  supplement 
the  work  of  the  first  committee  and  in  twelve  days  the  re- 
quired amount  was  secured. 

The  building  is  located  at  the  northwest  corner  of  West 
Division  Street  and  Marshfield  Avenue  and  covers  a  ground 
area  of  130  by  175  feet  and  is  five  stories  in  height.  In  addition 
to  all  the  usual  features  it  contains  217  dormitories.  The  entire 
cost  of  land,  building,  and  furnishings  was  $305,000. 

January  1,  1911,  will  ever  be  regarded  as  a  memorable  date 
in  the  annals  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago.  On  this  date  Julius  Rosenwald,  a  philanthropic 
Hebrew  of  Chicago,  attended  a  large  mass  meeting  of  colored 
citizens  in  Odd  Fellows  Hall  at  3335  South  State  Street  to 
launch  a  movement  to  raise  funds  for  the  erection  of  a  building 
for  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  work  among  the  colored 
men  of  Chicago. 

Mr.  Rosenwald  presented  a  gift  of  $25,000  to  the  fund  and 
made  the  announcement  that  he  would  contribute  a  like  amount 
to  any  city  in  North  America  which  would  raise  the  sum  of 
$75,000  additional  for  a  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
building  for  colored  men.  Mr.  Rosenwald  chose  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  of  Chicago  as  the  medium  through 
which  these  gifts  would  be  administered.  Within  two  years 
after  his  offer  was  made,  the  cities  of  Washington,  Atlanta, 
Indianapolis,  Philadelphia,  Los  Angeles,  Baltimore  and  Kansas 
City  had  each  subscribed  the  required  amount.  Norman  W. 
Harris  and  Cyrus  H.  McCormick  at  the  same  meeting,  on 
January  1,  1911,  each  subscribed  $25,000  toward  the  building 
fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  colored  men  of  Chicago. 

With  the  assistance  of  J.  E.  Moorland,  international 
secretary  for  work  among  colored  men,  a  ten-day  campaign  was 
then  organized,  January  5th  to  16th,  to  complete  the  fund. 
Two  hundred  colored  men  were  enlisted  on  teams  and  within  a 
period  of  ten  days  secured  the  largest  amount  ever  subscribed 
by  the  colored  citizens  of  Chicago  for  any  purpose.  The  sum 
of  $18,980  in  cash  has  now  been  paidjby  these  subscribers. 


JULIUS    ROSENWALD.    NATION-WIDE    BENEFACTOR    TO    COLORED    MEN 
THROUGH  THE  PROMOTION  OF  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN 

ASSOCIATIONS 


88 


FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers  held  in 
January,  1911,  marked  the  retirement  of  Edward  P.  Bailey  as 
president  of  the  association,  and  the  election  of  William  P. 
Sidley  as  his  successor.  For  seven  years  Mr.  Bailey  served  as 
president,  giving  generously  of  his  time  and  valuable  experience 
to  the  association  cause.      The  only  reason  for  his  retirement 


MEETING     OF    COLORED    CITIZENS    WHEN    INITIAL    GIFTS    WERE    AN- 
NOUNCED FOR  THE  WABASH  AVENUE  DEPARTMENT  BUILDING 


was  his  desire  to  share  with  others  the  honors  and  duties  of  this 
place  of  leadership. 

At. the  opening  of  this  year  a  radical  departure  was  made 
from  the  usual  method  of  soliciting  subscriptions  to  the  current 
fund  of  the  association.  Instead  of  following  the  plan  of 
extending  the  canvass  through  the  entire  year,  a  six-day  cam- 
paign was  organized  under  the  direction  of  William  J.  Parker, 
business  manager,  similar  to  the  short-term  building  campaign 
which  has  been  so  successful  in  American  cities.     This  campaign 


WILLIAM  P.  SIDLEY,  PRESIDENT,  THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIA- 
TION OF  CHICAGO,  1911- 


90  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

included  the  state  committee  of  Illinois  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Associations  and  the  Institute  and  Training  School,  and 
certain  interests  of  the  International  committee.  The  ad- 
vantages of  this  plan  are  many,  among  which  are  the  following: 

1.  It  avoided  the  confusion  and  annoyance  which  often 
arise  when  various  association  interests  approach  a  con- 
tributor several  times  in  a  year. 

2.  Each  association  interest  secured  most  of  its  support 
early  in  the  year  and  could  therefore  plan  its  activities  accord- 
ingly. 

3.  Most  of  the  funds  were  secured  by  volunteer  workers 
instead  of  by  employed  officers  as  was  too  largely  true  in  former 
years. 

4.  It  demonstrated  the  fact  that  all  these  interests  were 
working  together,  each  supporting  and  soliciting  funds  on  behalf 
of  others  and  approaching  new  subscribers  only  after  pre- 
liminary conference  and  agreement. 

The  plan  was  so  satisfactory  that  it  has  now  become  a 
permanent  feature  and  is  increasingly  successful. 

In  October,  1910,  there  assembled  in  the  White  House,  on 
invitation  of  President  William  Howard  Taft,  a  conference  of 
representative  men  from  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada  to  consider  the  interests  of  the  foreign  work  of  the 
international  committee.  After  careful  deliberation  it  was 
proposed  to  raise  a  fund  of  $2,000,000  for  forty-nine  new  build- 
ings in  foreign  lands  and  the  sending  of  fifty  additional  secre- 
tarial workers.  During  the  weeks  which  followed  the  White 
House  meeting  the  leading  associations  of  the  country  were 
busy  considering  the  part  they  should  assume  in  promoting 
this  great  objective.  Chicago  was  somewhat  embarrassed  in 
determining  its  responsibility  in  view  of  the  large  fund  which 
had  just  been  raised  during  its  anniversary  celebration.  But 
with  characteristic  generosity  friends  of  the  association's 
cause  came  to  the  rescue.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick  announced  a 
gift  of  $50,000  to  the  fund.  Another  friend  gave  $25,000 
toward  an  association  building  in  Manila  and  another  friend 
gave  $25,000  toward   an   association   building  in   Hongkong, 


L.  WILBUR  MESSER,  GENERAL  SECRETARY  FOR  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS 


92  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

China.     Chicago,  therefore,  contributed  the  sum  of  $100,000  as 
its  part  in  this  great  foreign  enterprise. 

The  outstanding  features  in  the  development  of  the  work 
in  1911  may  be  summarized  as  follows: 

1.     In  Building  Equipment. 

Two  stories  were  added  over  the  auditorium  section  of  the 
Hyde  Park  department  building,  providing  33  additional 
dormitories.  Four  bowling  alleys  were  installed  and  other 
building  improvements  made  at  a  cost  of  $42,388,  which  was 
provided  from  the  Anniversary  fund.  This  addition  was 
completed  and  occupied  May  1,  1911.  All  the  rooms  were 
rented  before  the  structure  was  completed. 

The  completed  building  of  the  Wilson  Avenue  department 
was  dedicated  with  appropriate  exercises  on  the  evening  of 
October  19,  1911.  The  final  section  of  this  building,  50x50 
feet,  was  finished  out  of  the  Anniversary  fund  at  a  cost  of  $63,626. 
The  entire  building,  including  the  dormitory  annex,  represents 
an  investment  of  $199,246. 

2.     In  Membership  Increase. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  the  West  Side  and  Wilson 
Avenue  department  buildings  were  not  completed,  and  the 
Sears-Roebuck  building  was  in  use  for  only  a  few  months  of  the 
year,  the  membership  of  the  entire  association  was  much  larger 
than  in  any  previous  year.  The  total  number  of  different  men 
and  boys  during  the  year  was  15,031. 

3.     In  the  Development  of  General  Activities. 

In  the  conduct  and  development  of  general  activities  of  the 
association  greater  care  than  ever  was  exercised  to  secure  the 
maximum  of  results.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  during 
this  year  the  total  attendance  in  the  physical  section  increased 
41  per  cent,  in  the  educational  section  41  per  cent,  and  in  the 
religious  section  43  per  cent. 

An  event  of  special  significance  was  the  celebration  of  the 
fifty-third  anniversary  of  the  association  on  the  evening  of 


THE   FOURTH   PERIOD 


93 


May  18,  1911,  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel.  Dr.  Booker  T. 
Washington,  president  of  Tuskegee  Institute,  was  the  guest 
of  honor  and  principal  speaker  of  the  occasion.  Other 
speakers  were  Julius  Rosenwald,  Harry  A.  Wheeler,  Rev. 
Charles  W.  Gilkey,  and  General  Secretary  L.  Wilbur  Messer. 


RAILROAD    DEPARTMENT   BUILDINGS 


Dearborn  Station 
59th  St.,  Penna.  Lines 


C.  &  E.  I. 
Grand  Trunk 


55th  Street,  Penna.  Lines 
Chicago  &  Northwestern 


At  this  meeting  Mr.  Messer  announced  a  subscription  of  $50,000 
from  Julius  Rosenwald  toward  a  fund  intended  to  be  $500,000 
for  an  association  hotel,  to  serve  transient  and  deserving  young 
men  at  reasonable  rates  and  amid  a  Christian  environment. 
This  gift  was  quickly  followed  by  one  of  the  same  amount  from 
N.  W.  Harris.     Other  gifts  of  $50,000  each  have  since  been 


94  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

received  from  James  A.  Patten,  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  and 
John  G.  Shedd,  making  a  total  of  $250,000  subscribed.  A  lot 
146  X  165  feet  on  Wabash  Avenue  between  Peck  and  Eldridge 
places  has  been  purchased  at  a  cost  of  $370,000,  with  the  under- 
standing that  this  lot  will  become  the  site  for  the  new  hotel 
provided  the  balance  of  the  fund  is  secured  within  a  reasonable 
time. 

July  1st  of  this  year  marked  the  calling  of  Misaki  Shimadzu, 
a  Japanese  Christian,  to  the  position  of  Japanese  Secretary  to 
devote  his  time  to  association  work  among  Japanese  young 
men  in  Chicago,  of  whom  there  were  more  than  five  hundred 
at  that  time.     The  number  has  since  greatly  increased. 

Another  practical  service  which  the  association  rendered 
during  the  year  1911  was  in  connection  with  the  military  tour- 
nament at  Grant  Park.  July  23d  to  30th  a  large  association 
tent  was  provided  with  every  convenience  for  the  comfort  of 
the  enlisted  men.  The  helpful  environment  of  this  tent  safe- 
guarded many  men  during  their  stay  in  the  city. 

Among  the  significant  advances  of  the  association  for  the 
year  1912  are: 

1.  The  organization  and  development  oj  the  Sears-Roebuck 
department.  The  new  building  of  this  department  located  at 
the  southeast  corner  of  South  Kedzie  Avenue  and  Harvard 
Street  was  formally  opened  and  dedicated  on  January  25,  1912. 
The  land,  building,  and  furnishings,  together  with  an  athletic 
field  adjoining,  379  x  124  feet,  represent  an  investment  of 
$340,000.  On  December  31,  1912,  the  paid  membership  was 
2,059  and  the  dormitory  was  occupied  by  330  members.  A 
strong  executive  staff  was  assembled  and  the  religious,  social, 
physical  and  other  activities  showed  great  development. 

2.  The  completion  of  the  West  Side  department  building. 
The  latest  building  to  be  completed  out  of  money  provided  by 
the  Anniversary  fund  was  the  West  Side  department  building 
at  1513  West  Monroe  Street.  This  entire  property,  including  the 
original  dormitory  annex,  land  and  furnishings,  is  valued  at 
$308,713.71.  The  building  was  formally  opened  and  dedicated 
on  April  16,  1912.     At  the  end  of  the  year  the  membership  had 


THE    FOURTH   PERIOD 


95 


reached  nearly  a  thousand  and  the  dormitory  was  occupied  by 
307  members. 

3.  Addition  to  Association  building.  During  the  year  1912 
the  Board  of  Trustees  invested  $250,000.00  of  the  endowment 
fund  in  four  additional  stories  on  the  association  building  at  19 
South  La  Salle  Street,  all  of  this  space  to  be  rented  for  office 


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purposes  excepting  space  on  the  sixteenth  floor  which  was  fitted 
up  for  general  offices  of  the  association,  and  handball  courts  for 
Central  department  on  the  15th  and  16th  floors. 

4.  The  Wabash  Avenue  building.  It  was  announced  at  the 
close  of  1912  that  the  Wabash  Avenue  building  for  colored  men 
at  the  southeast  corner  of  38th  Street  and  Wabash  Avenue  was 
nearing  completion  and  would  cost,  with  land  and  furnishings, 
the  sum  of  $180,000.  An  experienced  secretary  had  been  on  the 
field  for  some  months.  Sunday  meetings  and  Bible  classes  were 
conducted  regularly. 


96  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

An  important  event  in  1912  was  the  International  Railroad 
Conference  held  at  Orchestra  Hall,  October  3d  to  6th,  and 
entertained  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago.  This  conference  was  attended  by  1,585  delegates 
from  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  entire  cost  of  enter- 
taining the  conference,  including  the  salary  for  one  year  of  a 
railroad  secretary,  was  provided  by  the  various  transportation 
companies  centering  in  Chicago,  A  few  months  previous  to 
this  conference  W.  N.  Northcott  of  the  international  commit- 
tee was  called  as  Metropolitan  Railroad  Secretary  and  began 
his  duties  on  July  16,  1912.  The  strong  committee  of  railroad 
officials  which  provided  the  fund  for  entertaining  the  conference 
ably  supported  Mr.  Northcott  and  was  continued  as  an  advis- 
ory committee  on  railroad  work.  Following  the  conference  a 
marked  development  in  the  railroad  departments  was  the 
growth  of  shop  meetings  and  other  activities. 

Early  in  the  year  1912  a  Chicago  senior  student  in  Princeton 
University  presented  to  the  association  the  sum  of  $5,000,  the 
income  of  which  he  designated  to  be  used  in  providing  a  series 
of  citizenship  lectures  under  the  auspices  of  the  association. 
A  commission  of  fifteen  college  graduates  was  organized  and 
developed  a  threefold  program  which  provided  lectures  on 
civics  following  the  English  classes  conducted  for  foreign-speak- 
ing men,  lectures  in  association  buildings  for  members  and 
non-members,  and  extension  lectures  in  co-operation  with  other 
organizations.  The  commission  prepared  original  material 
for  speakers  in  all  these  lectures. 

Another  association  commission  was  formed  later  in  the 
year  to  develop  altruistic  service  by  college  alumni  in  Chicago. 
The  commission  made  a  careful  study  of  the  different  social, 
civic,  moral  and  religious  movements  in  which  college  graduates 
might  find  opportunities  for  service. 

The  North  Side  Boys'  Club  changed  its  location  during  the 
year  from  1336  Fullerton  Avenue  to  temporary  quarters  at  602 
North  Avenue  and  the  activities  of  the  club  changed  to  a  non- 
equipment  community-wide  work.  More  than  900  boys  were 
served  by  the  usual  lines  of  work  in  co-operation  with  the  public 


Hyde  Park 

Central 


CITY  DEPARTMENT  BUILDINGS.  1913 

Sears-Roebuck 
Wilson  Avenue  Wabash  Avenue 

Division  Street 
West  Side 


98  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

schools,  playgrounds,  Sunday  Schools  and  churches  of  the 
North  Side.  Additional  gifts  of  $50,000  have  been  received, 
since  the  Anniversary  campaign,  from  a  friend  of  the  boys' 
club  to  be  used  as  permanent  endowment. 

A  temporary  boys'  home  was  also  opened,  where  eight 
homeless  working  boys  were  provided  with  a  Christian  home 
presided  over  by  the  executive  secretary  and  an  experienced 
house  mother. 

The  year  1912  marked  the  completion  of  all  the  new  build- 
ing enterprises  contemplated  when  the  anniversary  fund  was 
subscribed. 

Great  advance  has  been  made  during  this  period  in  the 
improvement  of  the  business  methods  of  the  association. 
Expert  accountants  now  claim  that  the  Chicago  association 
leads  all  others  in  the  thoroughness  of  its  business  transactions. 
This  result  has  been  accomplished  largely  through  the  efficient 
work  of  William  J.  Parker,  business  manager.  A  thorough 
study  of  the  subject  of  scientific  management  has  been  made 
by  the  employed  officers,  covering  a  period  of  one  year. 

The  total  assets  of  the  association  on  December  31,  1912, 
including  buildings  and  building  funds,  were  $4,332,258,  of 
which  $1,735,957  were  endowment  funds.  The  number  of 
employed  officers  was  113  and  the  volunteer  committeemen 
numbered  1,157.  The  total  number  of  members  using  privi- 
leges during  the  year  was  18,570,  beside  thousands  of  non- 
members  who  used  certain  privileges  open  to  all  men. 

The  total  number  of  students  enrolled  in  the  day  and  even- 
ing classes  for  the  year  1912  was  4,838.  The  number  enrolled 
in  gymnasium  classes  was  6,876,  while  the  attendance  at  social 
and  religious  meetings  reached  a  total  of  102,981.  Two 
thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty-five  young  men  were  referred 
to  pastors  for  church  membership. 

In  addition  to  contributions  of  $45,748  to  the  current 
expense  fund  of  the  association  as  a  whole,  members  and 
friends  of  the  Chicago  association  contributed  for  the  ex- 
tension of  association  activities  throughout  the  state,  the 
countrj^  and  the  world.     These  gifts  indicated  the  growing 


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99 


association  spirit,  which  not  only  led  to  substantial  gifts  for 
the  extension  of  the  Chicago  work,  but  also  to  meet  the  world- 
wide need.  The  contributions  for  these  general  association 
agencies  for  the  year  1912  were: 


BIBLE  CLASS  IN  THE  HONGKONG.  CHINA,   ASSOCIATION,  CHICAGO'S 

FOREIGN  POST 


(a)  For  the  work  of  the  international  committee  for  the 
Student,  Colored  Man's,  Railroad,  County,  Army  and  Navy, 
and  other  departments,  29  different  persons  or  corporations 
contributed  the  total  sum  of  $18,827.00. 

(6)  For  the  foreign  work  budget  of  the  international  com- 
mittee, Chicago  members  and  friends  contributed  the  sum  of 
$5,000.00  which  includes  the  salaries  of  two  American  secretaries 
at  Hongkong,  China. 


100  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

(c)  For  the  Illinois  state  executive  committee,  persons 
resident  in  Chicago  contributed  the  sum  of  $5,030.00. 

(d)  For  the  Institute  and  Training  School,  Chicago  resi- 
dents contributed  the  sum  of  $5,950.90. 

A  total  of  $35,807.90. 

The  interest  of  the  Chicago  association  in  the  institute  and 
training  school,  which  is  a  separate  institution,  is  such  as  to 
note  the  splendid  forward  advance  during  the  year  in  the 
development  of  a  plan  for  securing  permanent  equipment  and 
endowment.  The  sum  of  $50,000  has  been  subscribed  by  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  school  and  a  lot  has  been  purchased 
on  the  South  Side  as  a  site  for  buildings,  to  cost,  with  equip- 
ment, an  additional  sum  of  $300,000.  Substantial  encourage- 
ment has  been  given  with  reference  to  other  large  contributions 
to  this  fund.  There  are  now  98  students  enrolled  in  the  school, 
which  for  nineteen  years  has  occupied  rented  space  in  the  La 
Salle  Street  building.  An  additional  subscription  of  $50,000 
has  been  announced  from  an  unnamed  Chicago  donor. 

In  closing  his  annual  report  for  1912,  General  Secretary  L. 
Wilbur  Messer  made  use  of  these  significant  words : 

"The  heritage  from  the  early  founders  and  leaders  of  this 
association,  now  in  its  fifty -fifth  year  of  helpful  ministry,  is  in 
the  keeping  of  the  officers  and  members  of  to-day.  Never 
before  has  the  association  been  so  favored  with  adequate 
equipment,  financial  resources  and  with  so  large  and  representa- 
tive a  leadership  of  volunteer  and  employed  officers.  Never 
in  the  past  has  the  appeal  of  the  association  met  with  so  hearty 
a  response  from  so  many  types  of  men  and  boys.  Beyond 
question  there  is  no  movement  in  this  city  which  represents  so 
many  and  so  diversified  interests.  Men  of  many  races,  relig- 
ions and  occupations  are  here  united  in  a  common  bond  of 
brotherhood.  The  present  objectives  of  the  association  are 
twofold : 

"  First,  to  build  symmetrical  Christian  character  in  men  and 
boys. 

"Second,  to  relate  Christian  men  by  sacrificial  service  to 
constructive  forces  for  the  betterment  of  the  individual  and 


A  TEN-YEAR  PROGRAM  101 

of  society  in  general.  The  interpretation  of  fundamental 
religion  through  the  activities  of  the  association  finds  a  quick 
and  appreciative  response  from  many  who  have  been  indiffer- 
ent to  other  appeals.  But  there  is  always  danger  of  substitut- 
ing human  inventions  for  the  Divine  reality.  The  Christian 
reUgion  represents  Divine  power,  and  the  fundamental  thing 
is  to  secure  genuine  contact  with  the  supernatural.  Christian 
character  can  only  be  built  upon  Christ,  the  real  foundation. 
'  For  other  foundation  can  no  man  lay  than  that  is  laid,  which 
is  Jesus  Christ.'  Sin  was  never  more  real  than  it  is  to-day. 
Commercialized,  brazen,  outwardly  attractive  sin  appeals  to 
the  youth  of  our  city.  The  solution  of  sin,  the  victory  over 
sin,  must  be  found  in  the  adjustment  of  the  life  to  the  will  of 
God.  It  is  evident  that  God  has  provided  normal  laws  in  the 
spiritual  as  well  as  in  the  natural  world.  The  persistent  and 
systematic  use  of  the  Divine  forces  which  are  at  hand  will 
develop  Christian  character.  The  association  provides  these 
forces  —  physical,  social,  mental,  moral  and  religious.  The 
Christ  whose  name  we  bear  was  a  friend  of  men.  Shall  we 
walk  in  His  footsteps  in  a  sacrificial  ministry  to  those  who 
need  the  helping  hand.''  Shall  we  go  to  the  dark  and  desolate 
places  of  our  city  with  the  good  cheer  and  protecting  influence 
of  character-molding  activities  which  typify  this  association.? 
The  ministry  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  will 
be  a  vital  and  growing  factor  in  the  redemption  of  our  city  from 
ignorance  to  intelligence,  from  vice  to  righteousness  —  and  we 
shall  see  not  only  the  city  big,  but  the  city  beautiful,  the  city 
pure,  and  the  city  good." 

A  Ten-Year  Program. 

The  demand  for  the  extension  of  the  activities  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  to  new  and  needy  fields 
in  Chicago  was  never  so  urgent.  The  metropolitan  plan  of 
organization,  now  tested  and  effective,  is  adapted  to  future 
growth  and  is  a  guarantee  of  a  stable  and  efficient  adminstra- 
tion. 

Funds  for  new  equipment  and  added  endowment  are  now 


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FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 


needed,  if  the  association  is  to  properly  answer  the  Macedonian 
cry  from  many  parts  of  our  great  city,  "  Come  over  and  help  us." 
There  are  many  Chicago  corporations  which  earnestly  desire  to 
improve  the  moral,  social  and  economic  welfare  of  their  em- 
ployees. The  association  can  best  secure  such  results.  There 
are  pastors  and  churches  in  various  sections  of  the  city  who 
desire  assistance  in  their  effort  to  safeguard  from  temptation 


TYPICAL  BOYS'  GOSPEL  MEETING  AT  THE  NORTH  SIDE  BOYS'  CLUB 


and  enlist  in  Christian  and  altruistic  service  the  boys  and  young 
men  of  their  communities.  The  association  is  the  agency  to 
most  economically  and  safely  meet  this  need. 

There  are  successful  citizens  who  desire  by  immediate  gift 
or  future  bequests  to  found,  equip  or  endow  some  permanent 
institution  for  future  service  in  the  betterment  of  humanity. 
The  trustees  and  managers  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Chicago  are  .safe  custodians  of  such  a  fund, 
however  small  or  large.     For  the  consideration  of  all  philan- 


A  TEN- YEAR  PROGRAM  103 

thropic  and  public  spirited  citizens  the  following  imperative 
needs  for  the  extension  of  the  association  are  herewith  pre- 
sented : 

1.  Hotel  for  transient  young  men. 

2.  Building  for  rescue  department. 

3.  Standard  building  for  North  Side  —  North  Avenue  district. 

4.  Boys'  Club  building  —  North  Avenue  district. 

5.  Standard  building  —  South  Chicago. 

6.  Dormitory  for  unskilled  laborers  —  South  Chicago. 

7.  Standard  building  for  Stock  Yards'  district. 

8.  Standard  building  on  North  Side  —  Belmont  Avenue  district. 

9.  Standard  building  —  West  Pullman. 

10.  Standard  building  —  Kensington,  Pullman  and  Roseland  district. 

11.  Standard  building  —  Woodlawn. 

12.  Standard  building  ■ —  South  Side  —  47th  &  Michigan  Avenue  district. 

13.  Standard  building  —  39th  Street  district. 

14.  Standard  building  —  Englewood. 

15.  Standard  building  —  Rogers  Park  and  North  Shore  district. 

16.  Standard  building  —  Austin. 

17.  Standard  building  —  Southwest     Side  —  Burlington    tracks    and     River 

district. 

18.  Standard  building  —  near  Western  Electric  Company  works. 

19.  Standard  building  —  near  McCormick  Harvester  works. 

20.  Standard  building  —  Logan  Square  district. 

21.  Central  railroad  building  for  passenger  men. 

22.  Railroad  building  —  Stony  Island  employees  of  Nickel  Plate  Railroad 

23.  Railroad  building  —  new  terminal  yards  of  Chicago  and^North  Western 

Railway  at  Proviso. 

24.  Railroad  building  —  at  Clearing  yards. 

25.  Railroad  building  at  Godfrey  yards  —  Chicago,    Milwaukee   &  St.  Paul 

Railway. 

26.  New  building  55th  St.  Penna.  Lines  Department. 

27.  Enlargement  of  building  at  59th  Street  —  Pennsylvania  Lines  department. 

28.  Student  building  for  the  University  of  Chicago. 

29.  Student  building  for  West  Side  professional  schools. 

30.  Student  building  for  Northwestern  University  Medical  College. 

31.  Permanent  summer  camp  equipment. 

32.  Week-end  summer  camp  equipment. 

33.  Substantial  increase  of  endowment  fund. 

No  more  appropriate  words  could  be  used  in  closing  this 
historical  volume  than  those  prepared  by  Edwin  Burritt  Smith 
for  the  volume  published  at  the  close  of  the  forty-year  period  of 
the  history  of  this  association : 

"The  history  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
Chicago  has  been  an  eventful  one.  It  has  passed  through 
years  of  trial  and  overcome  what  sometimes  seemed  to  be 
insurmountable  obstacles.  From  its  trials  and  its  achieve- 
ments have  come  inspiration.     From  its  entire  experience  has 


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FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 


come  practical  wisdom  for  its  great  task.  The  period  of 
experiment  has  passed.  The  association  has  acquired  the 
elements    of   permanence   and   power.     Its    officers,   trustees, 


BIBLE    STUDY    GROUPS    IN    THE    NORTHWEST- 
ERN PROFESSIONAL  SCHOOLS  DEPARTMENT 

1.  A  fraternity  Bible  class 

2.  Bible  class  in  a  rooming  house 

3.  Mission  study  class 


managers  and  committeemen  are  representative  and  faithful 
men.  Its  material  equipment  is  extensive.  Its  work  and 
methods  are  approved  by  the  best  association  sentiment  of  the 
world.     It  is  consecrated  to  a  great'purpose. 


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105 


"The  field  of  the  activities  of  the  association  is  a  constantly 
extending  one.  Its  opportunities  increase  with  the  growth  of 
the  city.  Each  year  sees  an  increase  in  the  numbers  of  young 
men  who  come  to  Chicago  as  strangers  for  temporary  or  perma- 
nent residence.  The  temptations  and  perils  of  city  life  are 
constant.  They  endanger  the  lives  and  test  the  characters  of 
resident  young  men,  as  well  as  those  who  are  strangers  to  city 


SUNDAY  MORNING  BIBLE  CLASS  FOR  DORMITORY  MEN 


life.  In  its  broad  work  of  prevention,  rescue  and  symmetrical 
education;  in  its  noble  purpose  to  develop  the  body,  train  the 
mind  and  quicken  the  spirit;  in  its  ability  to  meet  the  needs  of 
all  classes  of  young  men,  and  the  varied  requirements  of  individ- 
uals, the  association  has  demonstrated  its  right  to  be  and  the 
imperative  need  for  its  extension.  Those  who  direct  its 
activities  cannot  remain  satisfied  with  its  past  successes. 
They  must  lead  onward  to  new  achievements.  They  must 
reap  the  harvest  which  is  now  ready  for  the  sickle.  They  must 
act  where  delay  would  mean  serious  loss. 


106  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

"The  builders  of  Chicago  feel  that  they  are  citizens  of  no 
mean  city.  Measured  by  its  material  achievements,  its  institu- 
tions of  learning,  its  temples  of  art,  its  altars  of  religion  - —  by 
all  that  makes  for  progress  and  righteousness  —  Chicago  is 
already  an  imperial  city.  Among  the  powerful  forces  that 
through  all  these  years  have  contributed  to  ground  its  higher 
life  on  sound  Christian  principles,  none  has  done  more  than 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

"The  Chicago  association  has  not  wrought  by  chance;  nor  is 
its  present  commanding  position  in  the  forefront  of  the  moral 
forces  of  Chicago  due  to  accident.  The  presence  of  God  has 
been  manifest  through  all  its  history.  He  seems  to  have  said 
to  it:  'Every  place  that  the  sole  of  your  foot  shall  tread  upon, 
that  have  I  given  unto  you  *  *  *  j  jj^ve  given  into  thine 
hand  Jericho.'  It  is  impossible  that  an  association  of  young 
men  having  the  inspiration  of  such  an  history,  an  experience  so 
practical,  a  position  so  commanding,  a  purpose  so  exalted,  can 
fail.  Thankful  for  its  past,  doubly  thankful  for  the  opportu- 
nities of  its  present,  it  enters  upon  the  larger  work  which  God 
has  committed  to  its  hands." 


Appendix 

The  Following  Bequests  Have  Been  Made  to  the 

Association 

John  Crerar $50  OO^j 

John  Quincy  Adams 10  000 

Morris  Cone '         lo'oOO 

Leonard  Gould     ....  ^c>'^f\a 

James  Craigmile 500 

Silas  B.  Cobb 5  ooq 

George  Scott '.      '      '      '        10000 

Henry  J.  Willing 5'ooo 

Thomas  Murdoch  (estimated) 775  000 

Mrs.  Ellen  Sage ...  j'ooq 

Arthur  D.  Wheeler    ........  j'ooo 

All  the  above  bequests  have  been  paid  in  full  except ' 
that  of  Thomas  Murdoch,  on  which  the  amount  received 
March  1,  1913,  is  $719,369.26.     All  of  these  bequests 
have  been  placed  in  the  general  endowment  fund. 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Coe  (estimated) 12  500 

XT   J^JP^^^^uary  interest  subject  to  life  annuities. 

N.  B.  Holden 2  000 

Special    endowment    held    by   the    First    Trust    and' 
Savmgs  bank,  the  annual  income  being  applied  upon 
the  current  expense  of  the  West  Side  department 

Huntmgton  W.  Jackson 1  000 

Special  endowment,  the  income  of  which  is  devoted ' 
to  the  library  of  the  association. 

James  L.  Reynolds 20  000 

A  special  endowment,  the  income  of  which  is  used' 
for  the  support  of  a  city  missionary. 

John  L.  Davis  (as  originally  estimated)     ....         17  50O 
The  estate  of  John  L.  Davis  was  lost  in  speculation ' 
by  the  executor,  who  later  committed  suicide.    Noth- 
ing was  received  by  the  association. 

Albert  Keep 100  000 

This  bequest  is  held  as  a  permanent  fund  known  as' 
the  Lucy   Keep   Isham   Memorial.     The   income  is 
devoted  to  the  North  Side  boys'  club. 

107 


108  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Hawley  (estimated) 30,000 

At  March  1,  1913,  $25,696.98  had  been  received  from ^^5 
this  bequest.  The  income  is  devoted  to  the  current  _  V'j 
expense  of  the  Hyde  Park  department. 

Form  of  Bequest 

Those  who  contemplate  making  provision  for  the  associa- 
tion in  their  wills  may  find  the  following  form  convenient: — 

/  give  and  bequeath  to  The  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Chicago,  an  Illinois 

Corporation,  the  sum  of    dollars 

to  be  paid  from  my  estate  in  due  course  of 
administration. 

Summary  of  the  Property  of  the  Association  at 

January  1,  1913 

Department  buildings  and  building  funds    .      .      $1,532,312.03 
Less  Debt 77,182.43 

Net  Value •'     •      •      •  $1,455,129.60 

General  Endowment  Fund $2,405,518.86 

Less  Debt 886,497.38 

Net  Value $1,519,021.48 

Special  Endowment  Funds 216,936.11 

Other  Special  Funds "^'^^Hl 

Furniture  and  Fixtures 114,117.98 

Total $3,312,499.76 

Less  Net  Current  Debt 35,528.17 

Total  Net  Property  Value $3,276,971.59 

Chronology    of    the    Young    Men's    Christian    Asso- 
ciation OF  Chicago. 

1858. —  Association  organized  in  March. 

Among  the  first  officers  and  members  of  the  association 
appear  the  well-known  names  of  Cyrus  Bentley,  D.  L. 
Moody,  W.  C.  Grant,  B.  F.  Jacobs,  A.  L.  Coe,  John  V. 
Farwell,  L.  I.  Bond,  I.  N.  Isham,  P.  L.  Underwood,  William 
H.  Rand,  L.  Z.  Leiter,  H.  J.  Willing,  Orrington  Lunt  and 
N.  S.  Bouton. 

The  association  upon  its  organization  opened  rooms  at 
205  Randolph  Street. 


EDWARD  P.  BAILEY,  PRESIDENT  THE  YOUNG   MEN'S  CHRISTIAN   ASSOCIA- 
TION OF  CHICAGO  1903-1911 


110  FIFTY-FIVE  YEARS 

1858. —  April,  the  association  rented  rooms  in  the  Methodist 
Church  block  at  Clark  and  Washington  Streets. 

1861. —  Feb.  22,  the  general  assembly  of  Illinois  granted  the 
association  a  special  charter. 

Extract  from  letter  written  by  Doctor  J.  H.  Hollister, 


A    TYPICAL    THANKSGIVING     DINNER     SCENE    IN    THE    YOUNG    MEN'S 
CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION  OF  CHICAGO 

March  15,  1898:  "It  was  a  sight  more  novel  then  than  it 
would  be  now  to  see  such  men  as  Doctor  Humphrey  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church.  Doctor  Evarts  of  the  First 
Baptist  church.  Bishop  Cheney  (then  a  young  man),  and 
other  pastors  with  them,  meeting  upon  a  common  platform 
to  commend  this  new  work  and  give  to  the  young  association 
expressions  of  their  approval,  and  their  prayers  for  its 
success." 

In  the  midst  of  all  these  many  opportunities,  the  war  of 
the  rebellion  came.  The  association  promptly  showed  that 
even  war  may  have  its  humanitarian  and  Christian  side. 


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111 


The  army  committee  was  organized  and  continued  its 
activities  during  the  whole  of  the  great  conflict.  Under  the 
chairmanship  of  J.  V.  Farwell,  it  even  went  so  far  as  to  raise 
companies  for  a  distinctively  Christian  regiment.  Members 
of  the  association  visited  the  Southern  prisoners  at   Camp 


SATURDAY  NIGHT  BIBLE  CLASS  AT  THE  HYDE  PARK  DEPARTMENT  1910 

Douglas  and  preached  the  gospel  of  peace  to  them.  The 
work  of  the  sanitary  commission  was  generously  supported. 
The  work  of  the  United  States  Christian  Commission,  which 
was  inaugurated  by  the  New  York  association  was  strongly 
supported  by  the  association  here.  All  the  agencies  within 
its  power,  whether  for  upholding  the  Union  cause  or  for 
mitigating  the  horrors  of  war  were  fully  employed. 
1862.— Major  Whittle  wrote  on  March  14,  1898:  "In  1862 
I  was  a  member  of  a  band  of  association  men  in  raising  a 
regiment  for  the  war.     William  Holbrook,  Henry  C.  Mo  wry. 


112  FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 

James  Sexton,  P.  L.  Underwood,  Benjamin  W.  Underwood, 
David  W.  Perkins,  Henry  French,  Jacob  S.  Curtiss,  Porter 
Ransom  and  Isaac  Haney  were  those  I  remember  of  this 
company.  .  .  .  After  the  resignation  of  our  chaplain, 
Rev.  Henry  E.  Barnes,  in  1863,  we  organized  a  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  for  the  regiment.  .  .  .  We  found 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  well  adapted  to  army 
conditions  and  needs." 

1864. —  A  special  committee  of  the  board  of  managers,  consisting 
of  B.  F.  Jacobs,  P.  L.  Underwood,  Charles  Covell  and  D.  L. 
Moody,  was  instructed  to  take  up  the  matter  of  a  permanent 
home  for  the  association. 

1867. —  As  a  result  of  their  efforts,  the  first  building  of  the 
association  was  dedicated  at  148  Madison  Street. 

1867. —  Feb.  21,  the  charter  was  amended.  As  amended,  it 
authorizes  the  Association  to  acquire  and  hold  real  estate  and 
personal  property  for  its  corporate  purposes,  exempt  from 
taxation. 

1868. —  The  first  building  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

1869. —  The  second  building  was  dedicated. 

1871. —  The  second  building  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

1874.—  The  third  building  was  dedicated.    Cost  $150,000. 

1861  to  1870. —  During  these  years  no  man  was  so  constant 
and  persistent  in  the  work  as  Dwight  L.  Moody. 

1875. —  The  Library  committee  was  instructed  to  place  in  the 
library  two  sets  of  chessmen.  This  is  the  first  mention  of 
games  in  the  association  rooms. 

1882. —  The  election  of  James  L.  Houghteling  to  the  presidency 
in  1882  proved  to  be  a  long  step  toward  a  more  definite  work. 
The  city  had  become  too  large  for  the  association  to  do  all 
the  work,  so  it  began  to  restrict  itself  to  its  original  purpose. 
It  was  during  Mr.  Houghteling's  presidency  that  John  V. 
Farwell,  Jr.,  and  Cyrus  H.  McCormick  first  actively  engaged 
in  the  work  of  the  association.  From  that  day  these  three 
able  and  devoted  men  have  led  in  rounding  out  the  associa- 
tion by  adding  to  its  strong  spiritual  work,  social,  intellectual 
and  physical  activities. 

1882. —  Educational  classes  were  first  conducted  in  Farwell 
Hall.  The  first  period  of  the  history  of  the  association 
extends  from  1858  to  the  change  to  the  metropolitan  plan 
in  1888. 

1888.—  L.  Wilbur  Messer  became  general  secretary  on  April 
1st. 

1888. —  The  revision  of  the  constitution  placed  the  work  on  a 


APPENDIX  113 

definite   basis   and   inaugurated   the   metropolitan   plan   of 
organization. 

1889. —  West  Side  department  organized. 

1889.—  The  Garfield  Boulevard  (55th  St.  Pennsylvania  Lines) 
department  was  opened. 

1889. —  At  the  annual  dinner  in  January  some  of  the  gentlemen 
present  presented  the  association  with  a  purse  of  fifty  silver 
dollars  as  the  beginning  of  a  fund  for  a  new  building. 

1889. —  John  Crerar  died  leaving  $50,000  to  the  association. 

1891. —  Ravenswood  department  (now  known  as  Wilson 
Avenue  department)  opened. 

1893. —  The  old  West  Side  building  was  occupied. 

1893. —  November  11th,  the  present  Central  building  was 
opened  for  the  use  of  the  association. 

1896. —  Hyde  Park  department  opened. 

1897. —  Day  business  department  of  Association  College  opened. 

1897. —  Chicago  and  North  Western  department  opened. 

1897. —  Dearborn  Station  department  opened. 

1898. —  Grank  Trunk  department  opened. 

1906. —  Hyde  Park  building  completed. 

1907. —  April  25th,  the  jubilee  celebration  for  1908  was 
announced  at  a  business  men's  banquet. 

1908. —  Fiftieth  anniversary  celebration  observed  April  11th 
to  28th  by  holding  more  than  200  public  functions  of  various 
kinds.  Anniversary  fund  subscriptions  amounting  to 
$305,000  secured  during  the  two  weeks  of  the  celebration, 

1909.— Victor  F.  Lawson  contributed  $100,000  to  the  Anni- 
versary fund.  Commissions  on  Young  Men  and  Boys  of 
Foreign  Parentage  and  the  Relation  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  to 
the  Churches  formed. 

The  firm  of  Sears,  Roebuck  &  Company  contributed 
$100,000  toward  the  Anniversary  fund  which  resulted  in 
the  erection  of  the  Sears,  Roebuck  department  building. 

The  Twelve  Day  campaign  completing  the  Million  Dollar 
anniversary  fund  was  held  March  30th  to  April  12th. 

Bequests  of  Thomas  Murdoch  for  $775,000.00  and  Sarah 
A.  Hawley  for  $30,000.00  left  to  the  association. 

Wilson  Avenue  dormitory  annex  opened  January  27th. 

1910. —  Division  Street  department  building  formally  opened 
and  dedicated  December  15th. 

Boy  Scout  movement  launched  by  the  boys'  work  section 
of  the  Chicago  association. 

1911. —  Julius  Rosenwald  made  nation-wide  offer  to  contribute 
$25,000  to  any  city  raising  additional  subscriptions  of  $75,000, 


114 


FIFTY-FIVE   YEARS 


on  January  1st.  Colored  men's  building  campaign  conducted 
January  5tli  to  16th.  Edward  P.  Bailey  retired  as  president 
and  William  P.  Sidley  was  elected  his  successor. 

Hyde  Park  department   building   improved   by   addition 
of  two  stories  formally  opened  May  1st. 

Completion  and  dedication  of  corner  portion  of  Wilson 
Avenue  department  building  October  19th. 

Julius  Rosenwald  offered  $50,000.     First  subscription  to 
the  Association  Hotel  project  announced  at  the  fifty-third 
anniversary  dinner  on  May  18th. 
1912. —  Formal  opening  and  dedication  of  the  Sears,  Roebuck 
department  building  January  25th. 


A  SWIMMING  EXHIBITION 

Completed  West  Side  department  building  dedicated 
April  16th. 

Senior  student  at  Princeton  University  gave  $5,000  to  the 
association,  the  income  to  be  used  in  giving  citizenship 
lectures.  Commission  on  citizenship  lectures  —  Princeton 
foundation  organized. 

International  Railroad  Conference  entertained  by  the 
Chicago  association  October  3rd-6th. 

College  Alumni  Social  Service  Commission  organized. 

Four  stories  added  to  association  building  at  19  South 
La  Salle  Street. 


APPENDIX 


115 


Statement  of  Metropolitan  Associations 

Showing  the  position  which  the  Chicago  association  occu- 
pies in  this  group. 


Total 

Total 

Net 

Endow- 

Em- 

Vol- 

Member- 

Property 

Property 

ment 

ployed  unteer 

ships 

Valuation 

Valuation 

Funds 

Offi'rs 

Offi'rs 

Baltimore    . 

5,417  $    950,000  $    770,000  $      18,000 

92 

773 

Brooklyn 

9,158 

1,322,963 

1,239,963 

227,085 

72 

1,266 

Buffalo  .... 

5,886 

660,000 

640,000 

142,628 

51 

436 

Chicago. 

12,234 

4,332,258 

3,276,971 

1,735,957 

113 

1,157 

Cleveland    . 

5,216 

1,530,000* 

1,002,000 

54,000 

43 

718 

Montreal 

4,449 

714,904 

645,904 

1,500 

31 

311 

New  York  City 

17,521 

3,715,981 

3,025,981 

514,981 

115 

2,279 

Philadelphia 

7,949 

2,269,000 

2,269,000 

227.500 

47 

1,089 

Pittsburgh  . 

7,863 

875,500 

761,500 

114,065 

42 

749 

St.  Louis 

4,035 

610,300 

608,300 

65,500 

26 

325 

Toronto 

5,359 

809,823 

786,023 

31 

576 

*  Board  holds  titl 

2  to  old  C 

entral  property  un  which  99  year 

lease 

offsets 

difference  between  itei 

ns  2  and  i 

S. 

Above   figures   inc 

■lude   equipment.     E 

ndowment 

funds   are 

included   in 

property  valuation. 

Locations  at  Which   the   Work   of  the  Association  is 

Conducted 

General  Offices —  16th  Floor,  19  South  La  Salle  Street. 

General  Departments  — 

Central:     19  South  La  Salle  Street. 

Division  Street:     Corner  Division  Street  and  Marshfield 

Avenue. 
Wabash  Avenue :     Corner  38th  Street  and  Wabash  Avenue. 
West  Side:     1513  West  Monroe  Street. 
Wilson  Avenue:     Corner  Hermitage  and  Wilson  avenues. 
Sears-Roebuck:     Corner    Kedzie    Avenue    and     Harvard 

Street. 
Hyde  Park:     Corner  53d  Street  and  Madison  Avenue. 
North  Side  Boys'  Club:     602  North  Avenue. 

Railroad  Departments  — 

Pennsylvania  Lines :     (55th  Street)  332  Garfield  Boulevard. 
Pennsylvania  Lines :     (59th  Street)  59th  and  Leavitt  Streets. 
Dearborn  Station:     817  Plymouth  Place. 
Chicago  &  Northwestern:     367  North  41st  Avenue. 
Grand  Trunk:     Corner  51st  Street  and  St.  Louis  Avenue. 
Chicago  &  Eastern  Ilhnois:     South  Holland,  111. 


EDUCATIONAL  GROUPS  IN  CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT  1912 


APPENDIX 


117 


Student  Departments  — 

Armour  Institute  of  Technology :     3324  Armour  Avenue. 
Chicago   College   of  Dental   Surgery:     Corner   Wood   and 

Harrison  streets. 
College  of  Medicine,  The  University  of  Illinois:     Corner 

Honore  and  Congress  streets. 
Hahnemann  Medical  College:     2814  Groveland  Avenue. 
Northwestern  University  Medical  School:     2431  Dearborn 

Street. 
Northwestern    University    Law,    Pharmacy    and    Dental 

Schools:     Corner  Lake  and  Dearborn  streets. 
The  University  of  Chicago:     Midway  Plaisance. 
McCormick     Theological     Seminary:     2320     N.     Halsted 

Street. 
Chicago  Theological  Seminary:     20  North  Ashland  Avenue. 

Foreign  Department  — 
Hongkong,  China. 


List  of  Men  Who  Have  Been  Employed  as  Executive  Officers  of 

Sections  in  the  Association 

Applegate,  Clarence 

Whittington 
Atkinson,  Peter  C . 
Abells,  Harry  D     .      .      . 
Adams,  John  W.    . 
Anderson,  A.  Bertram 
Allen,  Harvey  Irvin 
Affleck,  George  Baird. 
Adams,  Glenn  D.  . 
Andresen,  James  S. 
Anguish,  John  L.   .      .      . 

Bradley,  C.  R 

Burnett,  J.  S 

Bryan,  Mortimer  Augustus 

Beeks,  A.  G 

Beckett,  Calib  Edwin . 
Blakeslee,  George  C.  . 
Barnes,  Frederick  B.  . 
Brown,  Walter  James . 
Booth,  Harry  .... 
Bender,  William  Fred 
Boys,  Charles  E.  .  .  . 
Bodin,  Thomas  E. 


Burnett,  Guy   . 
Bowers,  Abraham 


Social  Secy.  Central  Dept      ....   1893-1896 
Dept.  Secy.  Hyde  Park  Dept.     .      .      .    1896- 
Dept.  Secy.  Englewood  and  U.  of  C.     .    1895-1898 

Dept.  Secy.  Ravenswood 1898-1900 

Dept.  Secy.  C.  C.  D.  S 1901-1902 

Dept.  Secy.  West  Side 1904-1905 

Phys.  Director  Central 1906-1908 

Dept.  Secy.  North  Side  Boys  Club  .  .  1910- 
Phys.  Director  Sears  Roebuck  .  .  .  1911- 
Dept.  Secy.  Penna.  Lines,  55th  St.  .      .    1911- 

Dept.  Secy.  Englewood 1887-1889 

Membership  Secy.  Central  Dept.      .      .    1881-1883 

Dept.  Secy.  48th  St 1884-1888 

Dept.  Secy.  48th  St 1888-1889 

Phys.  Dir.  West  Side 1893-1896 

Dept.  Secy.  Hyde  Park 1895-1896 

Phys.  Dir.  West  Side 1896-1897 

Sec.  Intercollegiate 1896-1897 

Phys.  Dir.  West  Side 1898-1903 

Phys.  Dir.  Hyde  Park 1899-1900 

Secy.  Chicago  Medical 1900-1902 

Asst.  Secy.  Wilson  Avenue    ....    1907-1909 

Dept.  Secy.  Boys  Club 1909-1910 

Boys  Work  Dir.  Division  Street.  .  .  1910- 
Boys  Work  Secy.  Hyde  Park      .      .      .   1905-1911 

Instructor  Eve.  Inst 1906-1908 

Immigration  Secretary 1910- 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  MANAGERS,  IN  1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     1st  Row,  Wm.  J.  Parker,  F.  S.  Dale,  A.  S  Eddy,  J.  W.  Bell. 
2nd  Row,  W.  N.  Northcott,  L.  Wilbur  Me.sser,  W.  P.  England.     3rd  Row,  F.  A.  Crosby, 
Abraham  Bowers,  W.   F.  Grall,  H.  T.  Williams.  •  4tb  Row,  M.  Shimadzu,  Charles  K. 
Reid,  L.  p.  Putnam,  S.  W.  Dean. 


Beckwith,  George  D. 
Benning,  Nelson  W. 
Cook,  William 

Cleveland,  Fred  B. 
Colby,  E.  R.     .      . 
Coats,  A.  J. 
Crabb,  James  Morris 
Christie,  W.  J. .      . 
Copple,  Plenna  Reuben 
Cuttle,  Frederick   . 
Cooke,  Ralph  Wendling 


Coleman,  Horace  E.    . 
Crosby,  Fred.  A.    .      .      . 
Defebaugh,  J.  E.    . 
Dods,  George  D.  B.    . 
DeEllion,  George  Franklin 
Day,  Theodore  P. 
Dugan,  Horace  Sydney 
Duckies,  F.  M. 
Dale,  Fred  S.    . 
Dean,  S.  Wilkie 
Dudley,  J.  M.  . 
Eddy,  A.  S.       . 
Ehler,  George  W 
Eastman,  Walter  D. 


England,  William  P.   . 
Ellis,  James  D. 

Finch,  Herbert  M. 
Ford,  James  S. 

Foss,  P.  L 

Frutchey,  Marcus  Peter 
Flinat,  Albert  E.    .      . 
Foster,  E.  H.  T.     .      . 
Farbridge,  Albert  A.    . 
Farquharson,  Wm.  J. 
Foster,  Paul  Clark 
Franklin,  A.  K. 
Forbes,  Robert  I.  . 

Funk,  P.  A.      .      .      . 
Fox,  Lynn  H.   .      .      . 
Gait,  Howard  Spillman 
Gillespy,  L.  O. . 
Gray,  A.  Ralph 
Gates,  Herbert  Wright 

Grail,  WUliam  F.   .      . 
Hemingway,  A.  T. 
Helmick,  Thomas  E.  . 
Hitchcock,  J.  M.    .      . 


APPENDIX  119 

Dir.  of  Social  Work  Central  ....  1909-1911 

Dept.  Secy.  C.  &  N.  W.  Dept.    .      .      .  1910-1911 
Secy.  Kinzie  St.  and  Secy.  C.  &  N.  W. 

R.  R 1878-1904 

Memb.  Secy.  Central 1883-1884 

Secy.  Englewood 1895-1896 

Phys.  Dir.  Garfield  Blvd 1895-1896 

Secy.  Rush  Medical  College  ....  1900-1901 

Dept.  Secy.  Dearborn  Station     .      .      .  1908- 

Secy.  N.  W.  D.  S 1901-1902 

Secy.  Col.  of  P.  &  S 1901-1902 

Asst.  Secy.  General  Board      ....  1902-1905 

Secy.  Wilson  Avenue  Dept 1905-1910 

Dept.  Secy.  Division  Street  ....  1910- 

Secy.  Roseland  Dept 1902-1903 

City  Director  of  Boys  Work        .      .      .  1910- 

Finan.  Secy  Centraf 1880-1881 

Memb.  Secy.  Madison  St 1886-1888 

Secy.  16th  R.  R 1889-1890 

Secy.  Englewood 1889-1895 

Dept.  Secy.  West  Side 1903-1909 

Dept.  Secy.  C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R.  Dept..      .  1905-1906 

Manager  Association  Bldg 1908- 

Asst.  Business  Manager 1911- 

Secy.  Dearborn  Station  Dept.    .      .      .  1900-1903 

Asst.  Treasurer  General  Board   .  .  1908- 

Phys.  Dir.  Central 1892-1904 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk 1901-1902 

Secy.  Dearborn  Station 1902-1906 

Field  Secretary  Board  of  Managers        .  1909- 

Asst.  Educ'l  Dir.  Central       ....  1908-1910 

Educ'l  Dir.  Division  St 1910- 

Secy.  South  ChicagoDept 1893-1897 

Phys.  Dir.  Ravenswood 1900-1901 

Phys.  Dir.  Englewood 1893-1894 

Secy.  U.  of  C 1896-1897 

Secy.  Englewood 1898-1899 

Phys.  Dir.  Hyde  Park 1900-1905 

Dept.  Secy.  C.  &  E.  I.  Dept.      .      .      .  1907-1910 
Business  Secretary  Central    .      .      .      .1910- 

Dept.  Secretary  Central         ....  1908-1912 

Phys.  Dir.  Hyde  Park 1911- 

Physical  Director  North  Side  Boys 

Club 1910-1912 

Secy.  C.  &  N.  W.  Dept 1904-1906 

Religious  Work  Director  Central      .      .  1910-1911 

Secy.  U.  of  C 1897-1898 

Phys.  Dir.  Ravenswood 1896-1900 

Secy.  Armour  Inst 1902-1903 

Religious  Work  Director  Central      .      .  1905-1906 

Dept.  Secy.  Central 1906-1907 

Information  Secretary  Board  of  Mgrs.  1911- 

Gen.  Secy.  Madison  Street    ....  1878-1888 

Memb.  Secy.  Madison  Street      .      .      .  1885-1886 

Empl.  Secy.  Madison  Street        .      .      .  1868-1888 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT,  IN  1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     1st  Row,  J.  W.  Northritp,  Wm.  J.  Farquharson.     Center, 
J.  Goodwin  Perkins.     2nd  Row,  W.  E.  Routson,  A.  L.  Ward.     Bottom,  G.  M.  Martin. 


ADDITIONAL  EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  CENTRAL  DEPARTMENT,  IN  1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     1st  Row,  R.  E.  Chamberlin,  F.  L.  Stembleh,  F.  H.  Crowe.   2nd 
Row,  Howard  Willis,  E.  R.  Morse.     3rd  Row,  P.  G.  Parker,  Arthur  Ridgeway,  J.  F. 
Steinhilber.     4th  Row,  W    J.  Ward,  C.  P.  Segard,     5th  Row,  L.  D.  Mather,   Nelson 
A.  Pierce,  J.  F.  Cahill. 


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APPENDIX 


Howser,  George  T. 
Hayford,  Dr.  Ernest  L. 
Horlacher,  Louis  A.     . 
Hawthorne,  W.  C. 
Hanson,  Wm.  A.    . 

Heib,  Louis 
Hauser,  George  Homer 
Hamnett,  Harold  . 
Haines,  Earl  S. 


Acting  Gen.  Secy.  Madison  Street 
Med.  Dir.  Gen.  Board 

Secy.  German  Dept 

Prin.  in  Assoc.  Institute   . 

Asst.  Secy.  Pa.  R.  R.  Dept.,  59th 

Dept.  Secy.  Grand  Trunk  Dept. 

Secy.  Intercoll.  Dept. 

Secy.  Ravenswood       .... 

Physical  Director  Central 

Department  Secy.  Wilson  Avenue 


1883-1884 

1892-1895 

1889-1896 

1902- 

1907-1908 

1908-1912 

1895-1896 

1900-1901 

1904-1906 

1912- 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,   THE   NORTH  SIDE    BOYS'    CLUB,    IN  1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     N.  O.  Harrington,  Glenn  D.  Adams,  Lodis  Erickson. 


Hiller,  J.  A.       .      .      . 
HoUister,  Lucius  C. 

Johnson,  F.  Fred  C.    . 
Kimmel,  J.  P.  . 
Kennedy,  William  Clark 
Knebel,  Herman  J. 
Loar,  Samuel  Riggs     . 
Lavender,  James  Martin 
Lind,  Johan  Fritz  . 

Luebbers,  A.  J. 


Messer,  L.  Wilbur. 
Meyer,  Joshua  Shelley 


Department  Secy.  West  Side 
Department  Secretary  Northwestern 

Professional  Schools  Dept. 

Librarian 

Phys.  Director  Ravenswood 

Secy.  Pa.  R.  R 

Boys  Work  Director  West  Side 

Secy.  55th  Street  R.  R.    . 

Social  Secretary  Central 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk  R.  R. 

Secy.  Pennsylvania,  59th  St. 

Boys  Work  Director  Sears  Roebuck 

Dept 

General  Secretary        .... 
Membership  Secy.  Central 


1909- 

1909- 

1882-1883 

1895-1896 

1900-1902 

1910- 

1885-1890 

1896-1897 

1903-1908 

1908- 

1911- 
1888- 
1884-1885 


McLean,  E.  A.        ... 
Mackay,  A.  D.       ... 
Maltbie,  Jesse  Lauren 
Mixsell,  Harry  W. 
Millar,  William  B.       .      . 

Miller,  O.  W 

McEldowney,  Robert. 
Moorman,  Charles  Henry 
Merrifield,  Fred 
McHose,  Harry  W.      .      . 
Miller,  Nathan  W.       .      . 
Merriam,  Ralph 
Moore,  John  Mellette,  Jr. 
MacChesney,  Nathan  Wm 
Mitchell,  Harry  J.       .      . 

Moore,  John  E. 
MacBean,  John  L. 
Martin,  George  M. 
Miller,  Lee        .      . 
Nelson,  Roy  B. 
Northcott,  Wm.  N. 
Northrup,  James  W. 
Oates,  J.  Franklin. 
O'Donnell,  Thomas  C 

Percy,  John  George 
Pentland,  J.  Cullen 
Phillips,  Paul  C,  M.  D. 
Parker,  William  James 


Pollard,  Harry  Howard 
Philips,  Leo  A.. 
Perkins,  J.  G.   . 


Prechtel,  Fred'k  W. 
Pashley,  R.  R. .      . 
Pearson,  Henry  F. 
Pilcher,  Herbert  M. 
Prall,  John  C.  .      . 
Pearman,  T.  P.      . 
Putnam,  Lemuel  P. 
Ratcliffe,  Thomas 

Robinson,  Harry  J. 
Richardson,  Charles 
Raynor,  Melbourne 
Rockwell,  Frank  M. 
Reinhardt,  H.  L.    . 


Reynolds,  R.  L. 
Rambo,  William  M. 


APPENDIX  123 

Librarian  Central 1885-1886 

Secy.  West  Side  Dept 1889-1898 

Intercollegiate 1892-1896 

South  Chicago  Dept 1889-1892 

Social  Secy.  Central 1895-1904 

Physical  Director  Madison  St.  Dept.    .  1879-1887 

Secv.  Englewood 1896-1897 

Secy.  Dearborn  Station 1897-1899 

Secy.  U.  of  C 1898-1900 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk  R.  R 1898-1899 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk 1900-1901 

Secy.  U.  of  C 1902-1904 

Secy.  Pa.  Lines  R.  R 1902-1903 

Mgr.  Association  Building     ....  1903-1906 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk  R.  R 1903-1906 

Secy.  C.  &  E.  I.  R.  R 1906-1907 

Secy.  Dearborn  Sta.  Dept 1901-1903 

Phys.  Dir.  West  Side 1906-1907 

Phys.  Dir.  Central  Department        .      .  1910- 

Dept.  Secy.  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.  Dept.     .  1911- 

Department  Secy.  U.  of  C 1908-1911 

Metropolitan  R.  R.  Secy.  Bd.  of  Mgrs.  1912- 
Boys  Work  Dir.  Central  Dept.    .      .      .1912- 

Secy.  Central  Dept 1893-1904 

Secy.  Pa.  Lines  R.  R.  Dept.,  59th 

Street       1904-1906 

Secy.  Garfield  Blvd 1890-1904 

Phys.  Dir.  South  Chicago      ....  1891-1892 

Med.  Dir.  Genl  Board 1895-1896 

Sec.  Intercoll 1897-1901 

Student  Sec.  Gen'l  Board      ....  1901-1902 

Business  Mgr.  Gen'l  Board   ....  1902- 

Secy.  Advisory  Dept.  Central      .      .      .  1898-1903 

Social  Work  Dir.  Central       ....  1907-1908 

Asst.  Educ'l  Dir.  Central       ....  1900-1903 

Educ'l  Dir.  Central 1903-1912 

Dept.  Secy.  Central 1912- 

Phys.  Dir.  Ravens  wood 1902-1902 

Secy.  C.  C.  D.  S 1903-1904 

Phys.  Dir.  Central 1904-1909 

Memb.  Secretary  Central       ....  1907-1910 

Dept.  Secy.  Wilson  Avenue  Dept.    .      .  1910-1911 

Dept.  Secy.  Grand  Trunk  Dept.  .  1912- 

Student  Secretary  Bd.  of  Mgrs.  .  1912- 

Sec.  48th  St.  R.  R 1890-1891 

Sec.  South  Chicago 1892-1893 

Secy.  Boys  Dept.  West  Side        .      .      .  1895-1896 

Secy.  Grand  Trunk  R.  R.  Dept.       .      .  1902-1903 

Sec.  Coll.  of  P.  &  S 1902-1903 

Gen.  Secy    1866-1872 

Phys.  Dir.  Hyde  Park 1903-1904 

Phys.  Dir.  Wilson  Avenue     ....  1905-1909 

Phys.  Dir.  Division  Street     ....  1911- 

Secy.  Armour  Institute 1906-1908 

Dept.  Secy.  C  &  E  I.  R.  R.  Dept.         .  1909- 


TYPICAL  SCENES  AT  A  BOYS'  SUMMER  CAMP 


Reid,  Charles  K.    . 
Routson,  William  E. 
Rothwell,  R.  F.      . 
Sinclair,  W.  H.       . 
Sloan,  Daniel    . 


Sawyer,  Herman  L. 

Seymour,  Walter  Frank    . 
Smith,  Walter  H.  . 
Spangler,  Elmer  A. 
Saunders,  Albert  Edward 
Stewart,  Charles  S. 

Simmons,  E.  L. 
Sherman,  Edwin  T. 

Springer,  Edw.  B.  Jr. . 
Sherman,  William  J.    . 
Spalding,  Fred  C.  . 
Smith,  Henry  W.  . 

Stotz,  Herman  A.  . 


Swan,  Alfred  H.     .      . 
Stearns,  R.  W. . 
Stickel,  Merton  Jay    . 
Spaulding,  Roy  D. 
Swan,  George  Dempster 
Smith,  W.  Clyde    .      . 

Smith,  Carroll  W. 
Storey,  John  W.     . 
Sherwood,  F.  D.     . 
Shimadzu,  Misaki 
Shumaker,  Don  C. 


Townsend,  George  Bigelow 
Tabor,  Arthur  Otis 
Thompson,  Nathan  Lin- 
coln     

Tiffin,  E.  R 

Timberlake,  Leonard  F.    . 

Toedt,  J.  J 

Tucker,  L.  W 

Van  Cleve,  Arthur  H. 
Van  Home,  James  Edwin 
Van  Arsdale,  W.  W.    .      . 
Van  Ness,  Elgene  . 

Veit,  C.  E 

Wilson,  Albert  M. .      .      . 
Williams,  Ezra  David 
Wylie,  A.  Nelson   . 


APPENDIX 

Inspector  Board  of  Managers      .      .      .1911- 

Social  Work  Director  Central                  .  1911- 

Department  Sec.  Armour  Institute  .      .  1910- 

Librarian  Central 1886- 

Asst.  Secy.  Central 1886 

Secy.  Madison  Street 1889- 

Secy.  Central 1894 

Asst.  Secy.  Madison  Street    ....  1890 

Dept.  Secretary  Ravenswood      .      .      .  1901 

Secy.  Intercoll.  Dept 1891 

Secy.  16th  St.  R.  R 1890 

Phys.  Dir.  Englewood 1891 

Memb.  Secy.  West  Side 1898 

Asst.  Phys.  Dir.  Central 1898 

Phys.  Dir.  West  Side 1903- 

Dept.  Secretary  Grand  Trunk     .      .      .  1889- 

Secy.  Roseland  Dept 1900- 

Secy.  West  Side 190-2- 

Memb.  Secy.  West  Side 1901- 

Secy.  U.  of  C 1903- 

Phys.  Director,  Hyde  Park    ....  1906- 

Asst.  Educ'l  Dir.  Central       ....  1907- 

Educational  Dir.  Sears  Roebuck       .      .  1910- 

Asst.  Phys.  Director  Central             .      .  1906- 

Phj^sical  Director  Division  St.     .            .  1910- 

Dept.  Secretary  Sears  Roebuck  .            .  1911- 

Phys.  Director  West  Side  Dept.        .      .  1905- 

Secy.  N.  Y.  U.  Med.  School  Dept.         .  1907- 

Director  Social  Work  Central      .      .      .  1904- 

Secy.  Armour  Institute 1903- 

Secy.  U.  of  C.  .      .      .      .      .      .      .      .  1905- 

Religious  and  Social  Work  Dir. 

Division  Street 1910- 

Employment  Secty.  Central        .            .  1909- 

Boys'  Work  Director  Wilson  Avenue    .  1910- 

Physical  Director  West  Side  .  .  .  1911 
Japanese  Secty.  Bd.  of  Mgrs.  .  .  .1911- 
Social  and  Religious  ^\^i.  Dir. 

Division  Street 1911- 

Financial  Secretary  Central         .      .      .  1882 

Secty.  Pa.  R.  R 1899 

Secy.  N.  U.  M.  S 1902 

Secy.  Coll.  P.  &  S 1906 

Boys'  Work  Director  Central  Dept.      .  1910 

Physical  Director  Wilson  Avenue  .  1910 

Department  Secty.  Wasbah  Avenue      .  1912 

Physical  Dir.  Central 1887 

Secty.  Stewart  Ave.  R.  R 1886 

Gen'l  Secty 1872 

Secretary  Blue  Island 1892 

Sect.  Coll.  P.  &  S 1906 

Secy.  R.  R.  Dept 1880 

Secy.  Bridgeport  Dept 1888 

Secv.  Stewart  Ave.  R.  R 1882 


125 


1912 
1887 
1889 
1894 
1895 
1891 
1903 
1893 
1891 
1893 
1899 
1903 
1904 
1900 
1902 
1904 
1903 
1904 
1911 
19ia 

1910 
1911 

1907 
1908 
1906 
1906 
1907 

1911 
1910 
1912 


1891 
1901 

1904 
1908 
1912 


1888 
1889 
1978 
1895 
1907 
1884 
1891 
1886 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  DIVISION  STREET^DEPARTMENT,  IN  1912 

Reading  from  left  to  right.  1st  Row,  J.  D.  Ellis,  H.  L.  Reinhardt,  C.  E.  Durgee. 
2nd  Row,  George  Eckebt,  Ralph  W.  Cooke,  Lowell  Hoxey.  3rd  Row,  Henry  A. 
Valkenaar,  G.  G.  Cross,  R.  B.  Jackson.  4th  Row,  Thos.  E.  Bodin,  Don  C.  Shumaker, 
Chas.  E.  Galloway. 


Wood,  Walter  Mabie 


Wright,  Sherman  E.    . 
Wilcox,  Bertan  B.. 
Waterman,  William  John 
Wheeler,  M.  H.      .      .      . 
Wittenbrook,  F.  H.     .      . 
White,  Frederick    . 
Ward,  Arthur  L.    .      .      . 
Williams,  Harry  T. 


APPENDIX 

127 

Secy.  Edu.  Section  Central    ....    1893-1903 

Supt.  of  Edu.  Gen'l  Board 

1903-1905 

Mgr.  Inst.  Work    .      .      . 

1905-1907 

Dept.  Secy.  Central 

1907-1908 

Secy.  Englewood    . 

1889-1890 

Secretary  West  Side    . 

1898-1902 

Secretary  U.  of  C 

1904-1905 

Dept.  Secty.  U.  of  C.      . 

1905-1906 

Secty.  Dent  Dept.  N.  W.  U. 

1907-1908 

Religious  Work  Dir.  Central 

1898-1905 

Educational  Director  Central 

1912- 

Church  Secretary  Bd.  of  Managers 

1911- 

Trustees,  Managers,  Employed  Officers  and  Committee- 
men OF  THE  Young  Men's  Christian  Associ- 
ation OF  Chicago,  March  1,  1913 

Board  of  Trustees 

John  V.  Farwell,  President 

N.  W.  Harris,  Vice-President 

Arthur  B.  Jones,  Secretary 

James  B.  Forgan,  Treasurer 

M.  J.  Carpenter,  Assistant  Treasurer 


Cyrus  H.  McCormick 
C.  C.  Kohlsaat 


R.  J.  Bennett 
W.  H.  Holden 
Edward  P.  Bailey 

Board  of  Managers 


Wm.  A.  Fuller 
N.  S.  Davis 


William  P.  Sidley,  President 
A.  Stamford  White.  First  Vice-President 
John  B.  Lord,  Second  Vice-President 
C.  T.  B.  Goodspeed,  Recording  Secretary 
James  R.  Chapman,  Treasurer 


Edward  P.  Bailey 
Thomas  Templeton 
Charles  R.  Holden 
Leverett  Thompson 
A.'B.  Mead 


E.  D.  Coolidge 
J.'M.  Coulter 
Joseph  R.  Noel 
J.  W.  Badenoch 
W.  J.  Prindle 


H.  M.  Hubbard 
A.  E.  Ziehme 

E.  M.  Bowman 
Charles  C.  Hyde 
Murdock  MacLeod 
Francis  W.  Parker 

Advisory  Managers 

G.  M.  Wilcox 
Frederick  T.  West 
H.  T.  Bentley 

F.  B.  Crossley 
J.  A.  Headley 
H.  M.  Starkey 


Edgar  H.  Nichols 
G.  B.  Simpson 
Richard  C.  Hall 
Harry  A.  Wheeler 
W.  F.  Hypes 


C.  M.  Moderwell 
Charles  W.  Folds 
W.  S.  Hall 
Robert  Quayle 
C.  L.  Kimball 


L.  Wilbur  Messer,  General  Secretary 
William  J.  Parker,  Business  Manager 
F.  S.  Dale,  Assistant  Business  Manager 
W.  P.  England,  Field  Secretary 


EMPLOYED    OFFICERS,    HYDE,   PARK    DEPARTMENT,    IN    1912 

Reading  from  left  to  right.  1st  Row,  H.  H.  Hindman,  N.  M.  Maddocks,  O.  M.  Brunson. 
2nd  Row,  A.  K.  Franklin,  P.  C.  Atkinson,  A.  Jarman.  3rd  Row,  W.  G.  Warr,  C.  V.  Ship- 
j-EY,  Walker  S.  Bond. 


APPENDIX 


129 


Advisory  Managers  (Continued) 

F.  A.  Crosby,  City  Director  Boys'  Work 
Abraham  Bowers,  Immigration  Secretary 
H.  T.  Williams,  Church  Secretary 
Misaki  Shimadzu,  Japanese  Secretary 

G.  E.  Lerrigo,  Secretary  at  Hongkong,  China 
T.  M.  Elliott,  Secretary  at  Hongkong,  China 

W.  N.  Northcott,  Metropolitan  Railroad  Secretary 

S.  Wilkie  Dean,  Assistant  Business  Manager 

L.  P.  Putnam,  Student  Secretary 

A.  S.  Eddy,  Assistant  to  the  Treasurer 

Wm.  F.  Grail,  Information  Secretary 

Charles  K.  Reid,  Inspector 

J.  W.  Bell,  Auditor 


Central  Department  Committee  of  Management 
Frederick  T.  West,  Chairman 


James  Barron 
C.  H.  E,  Boughton 
L.  A.  Bowman 
Francis  P.  Butler 
Jas.  B.  Devitt 
E.  G.  Drew 


Albert  D.  Farwell 
Paul  C.  Foster 
Geo.  W.  Gordon 
A.  B.  Hall 
Edw.  A.  Halsey 
J.  L.  Houghteling,  Jr. 


Bowman  Lingle 

C.  B.  Little 

D.  S.  Mc Williams 
Geo.  R.  Nichols 
A.  M.  Rode 

J.  R.  Short 


J.  G.  Perkins,  Executive  Secretary 
Wm.  J.  Farquharson,  Business  Secretary 
P.  G.  Parker,  Assistant,  Membership 
Arthur  Ridgeway,  Assistant,  Office 
Howard  Willis,  Assistant,  Office 

E.  G.  Thatcher,  Assistant,  Office 

J.  W.  Northrop,  Boys'  Work  Director 

F.  C.  W.  Parker,  Vocational  and  Employment  Secretary 
Wm.  E.  Routson,  Social  Work  Director 

E.  R.  Morse,  Assistant  Social  Work  Director 

F.  H.  Crowe,  Assistant  Social  Work  Director 

G.  M.  Martin,  Physical  Work  Director 

R.  E.  Chamberlin,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

W.  J.  Ward,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

J.  G.  Cox,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

C.  P.  Segard,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

H.  Hazelhurst,  Assistant  Swimming  Instructor 

A.  L.  Ward,  Educational  Director 

N.  A.  Pierce,  Assistant  Educational  Director 

A.  R.  Mather,  Assistant  Educational  Director 

H.  S.  Bullen,  Principal  in  Day  School 

C.  A.  Croninger,  Principal  in  Day  School 

F.  S.  Doak,  Principal  in  Day  School 

J.  G.  Lampadius,  Principal  in  Day  School 

A.  F.  Probst,  Principal  in  Day  School 

W.  J.  Rowe,  Principal  in  Day  School 


BOARD    OF    TRUSTEES    THE    YOUNG    MEN'S    CHRISTIAN    ASSOCIATION    OF 

CHICAGO  IN  1913- 


R.  J.  Bennett 
James  B.  Forgan 
William  A.  Fuller 

W.    H.    HOLDEN 


Arthur  B.  Jones 

John  V.  Farwell,  President 

Edward  P.  Bailey 

N.  S.  Davis 


Norman  W.  Harris 
M.  J.  Carpenter 
Cyrus  H.  McCormick 
c.  c.  kohlsaat 


APPENDIX 


131 


West  Side  Department  Committee  of  Management 
J.  W.  Badenooh,  Chairman 


J.  D.  Blackwell 
AVm.  Schukraft 
Wm.  Lees 
Charles  R.  Holden 


George  A.  Sellar 
C.  A.  Stone 
R.  H.  Thompson 
L.  C.  Walker 


G.  H.  Van  Dyke 

S.  L.  Wright 
A.  G.  Pearson 


J.  A.  Hiller,  Executive  Secretary 

J.  L.  Nelson,  Associate  Executive  Secretary 

S.  F.  Hunt,  Office  Secretary 

E.  C.  Stevens,  Assistant  Secretary 

F.  D.  Sherwood,  Physical  Work  Director 
H.  J.  Knebel,  Boys'  Work  Director 
Sam  Burkhart,  Night  Office  Secretary 


Wilson  Avenue  Department  Committee  of  Management 
C.  M.  Moderwell,  Chairman 


E.  V.  Anderson 
Wm.  F., Carlson 
Charles  P.  Congleton 
John  H.  Gill 
J.  Kent  Green 
J.  W.  Hedenberg 


B.  S.  Herbert 
Stanley  A.  Jones 
M.  R.  McKinnon 
L.  Wilbur  Messer 
L.  F.  Neely 
H.  C.  Peisch 


W.  A.  Pickard 
L.  C.  Proesch 
L.  W.  Thompson 
Ernest  Smith  Hough 
A.  E.  Ziehme 
W.  W.  Huse 


E.  S.  Haines,  Executive  Secretary 

B.  F.  McGough,  Business  Secretary 

Fred  D.  Luse,  Assistant  Secretary 

J.  J.  Toedt,  Physical  Director 

Roy  ToUeson,  Boys'  ]f'ork  Director 

E.  H.  Wright,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

Gerald  T.  Wrisley,  Assistant  Boys'  IT'oWi  Director 


Hyde  Park  Department  Committee  of  Management 
John  B.  Lord,  Chairman 


W.  A.  Forward 
A.  M.  Belfield 
C.  L.  Keller 
Franklin  Wyman 
C.  M.  Whipple 


F.  M.  Rittenhouse 
Hugh  A.  Cole 
Burt  Brown  Barker 
F.  K.  Hoover 
Robert  Johns 


G.  B.  Simpson 
E.  P.  Strand  berg 
Wm.  R.  Perrin 
G.  C.  Longman 
G.  O.  Roberts 


P.  C.  Atkinson,  Executive  Secretary 

A.  K.  Franklin,  Physical  Director 

M.  M.  Maddox,  Assistant  Physical  Director 

O.  M.  Brunson,  Boys'  Work  Director 

Wm.  G.  Warr,  Assistant  Boys'  Work  Director 

A.  Jarman,  Assistant  Secretary 

R.  E.  Orwick,  Assistant  Secretary 


BOARD    OF    MANAGERS  THE    YOUNG   MEN'S  CHRISTIAN    ASSOCIATION   OF 

CHICAGO  1913    _ 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     1st  Row,  C.  C.  Hyde,  James  R.  Chapman,  A.  Stamford  White, 
RicHABD  C.  Hall.    2nd  Row,  W.  F.  Hypes,  Harry  A.  Wheeler,   Charles  R.  Holden, 
Edgar  H.  Nichols.    3rd  Row,  John  B.  Lord,  William  P.  Sidley,  President,  Edward  P. 

Bailey.     4th  Row, ■ ,  Murdock  MacLeod,  Henry  M.  Hubbard,  A.  E.  Ziehme, 

A.  B.  Mead.    5th  Row,  G.  B.  Simpson,  Thomas  Templeton,  Leverbtt  Thompson,  Francis 
W.  Parker.     Absent  from  this  group,  E.  M.  Bowman. 


APPENDIX 


133 


Division  Street  Department  Committee  of  Management 
Joseph  R.  Noel,  Chairman 


Charles  Severinghaus 
G.  W.  Halleman 
Oscar  Holbo 
J.  P.  Hovland 
A.'_G.  Lavy 


A.  J.  Ehlers 
J.  B.  Couleur 
F.  E.  Thornton 
C.  W.  Worthington 
Adolph  Nordahl 
S.  J.  Stevenson 


Charles  Nielsen 
S.  T.  Corydon 
H.  S.  Evans 
Robert  Mikkelsen 
W.  H.  Pratt 


Ralph  Wendling  Cooke,  Executive  Secretary 
H.  L.  Reinhardt,  Physical  Director 

F.  L.  Knowles,  Assistant  Physical  Director 
R.  I.  McKee,  Assistant  Physical  Director 
T.  E.  Bodin,  Boys   Work  Director 

G.  G.  Cross,  Assistant  Boys''  Work  Director 
J.  D.  Ellis,  Educational  Director 

P.  H.  Krauss,  Assistant  Educational  Director 
E.  L.  Bolin,  Assistant  Membership  Secretary 
Don  C.  Shumaker,  Assistant  Secretary 
J.  Roy  Cameron,  Assistant  Secretary 
Claude  E.  Durgee,  Assistant  Secretary 
Henry  A.  Valkenaar,  Office  Assistant 


Sears-Roebuck  Department 

H.  A.  Stotz,  Executive  Secretary 

G.  P.  Stoddard,  Associate  Secretary 

J.  S.  Andresen,  Physical  Work  Director 

O.  R.  JeflFers,  Assistant  Physical  Work  Director 

R.  C.  Poland,  Assistant  Physical  Work  Director 

H.  W.  Smith,  Educational  Director 

A.  J.  Luebbers,  Boys'  Work  Director 

C.  F.  Barkow,  Assistant  Boys'  Work  Director 

H.  M.  Craig,  Assistant  Boys'  Work  Director 

H.  L.  Mueller,  Assistant  Secretary 

F.  B.  Huebenthal,  Assistant  Secretary 

H.  F.  Rabe,  Assistant  Secretary 

North  Side  Boys'  Club 
Glenn  D.  Adams,  Executive  Secretary 


Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway  Department  Committee  of 

Management 


A.  L.  Tucker 
W.  J.  Burket 


H.  T.  Bentley,  Chairman 

Charles  S.  Palsgrove 
Wm.  W.  Craig 

Lee  Miller,  Executive  Secretary 
C.  L.  Nesbit,  Office  Assistant 


William  Gibson 
E.  H.  Morey 


EMPLOYED   OFFICERS,    RAILROAD    DEPARTMENTS,    IN    1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.      1st  Row,  Wm.  Rambo,  H.'F.  Brakhane,  R.  H.  Cunningham. 
2nd  Row,  T.  P.  Peakman,  Lee  Miller,  C.  F.  Rosengren,  M.  S.  Floyd.     3rd  Row,  W.  J. 
Christie,  Jame.s  Gallagher,  C.  J.  Van  de  Berg,  O.  W.  Ralston.    4th  Row,  J.  L.  Anguish, 
Joseph  Riley,  J.  T.  MacKenzie,  J.  Fred  Lind.     Absent  from  this  group,  Carl  Thompson. 


APPENDIX  135 

Dearborn  Station  Railroad  Department  Committee  of  Management 

G.  B.  Simpson,  Chairman 

W.  P.  Fox  Thomas  Kline  J.  F.  Shaul 

L.  F.  Truman 

W.  J.  Christie,  Executive  Secretary 
H.  F.  Brakhane,  Associate  Secretary 

Pennsylvania  Lines  (59th  Street)  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

W.  J.  Prindle,  Chairman 
Alven  E.  Coates  Eli  Gray 

J.  Fred  Lind,  Executive  Secretary 
Samuel  Parker,  Associate  Secretary 
E.  E.  Aulick,  Associate  Secretary 
Daniel  Porter,  Office  Assistant 

Pennsylvania  Lines  (55th  Street)  Department 

J.  L.  Anguish,  Executive  Secretary 
H.  J.  May,  Ojfice  Assistant 

Grand  Trunk  Railway  Department 

T.  P.  Pearman,  Executive  Secretary 
O.  W.  Ralston,  Associate  Secretary 
A.  M.  Dotson,  Office  Assistant 

Chicago  and  Eastern  Illinois  Railroad  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

J.  A.  Headley,  Chairman 

E.  M.  Wahmhoflf  J.  E.  Long  W.  Scott 

T.  H.  Hudson  E.  Chumley 

Wm.  M.  Rambo,  Executive  Secretary 
R.  H.  Cunningham,  Associate  Secretary 

Armour  Institute  of  Technology  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

G.  M.  Wilcox,  Chairman 

N.  P.  Peterson  C.  L.  Boetter  M.  B.  Wells 

G.  L.  Scherger  F.  U.  Smith  J.  W.  Turner 

C.  W.  Leigh  T.  E.  Doubt 

W.  Steininger,  Executive  Secretary 

The  University  of  Chicago  Department  Committee  of  Management 
John  M.  Coulter,  Chairman 

A.  A.  Stagg  Charles  W.  Gilkey  L.  C.  Marshall 

David  Allan  Robertson        E.  D.  Burton  Fred  Merrifield 

J.  F.  Moulds 
M.  H.  Bickham,  Executive  Secretary 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  SEARS-ROEBUCK  DEPARTMENT,   IN  1912 

Reading  from  left  to  right.  1st  Row,  Geo.  P.  Stoddard,  H.  W.  Smith,  O.  R.  Jeffeks. 
Center,  H.  A.  Stotz.  Bottom  Row,  J.  S.  Anderson,  A.  J.  Luebbers,  C.  F.  Barkow.  Ab- 
sent from  this  group,  H.  F.  Rabe. 


APPENDIX  137 

Northwestern  University  Law,  Pharmacy,  Dental  and  Commerce  Schools 
Department  Committee  of  Management 
F.  B.  Crossley,  Chairman 
Charles  R.  E.  Koch  C.  W.  Patterson  W.  E.  Hotchkiss 

L.  C.  Hollister,  Executive  Secretary 

College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

Wm.  M.  Harsha,  Chairman 
Wm.  E.  Quine  C.  W.  Barrett 

C.  S.  Williamson  C.  C.  Humiston 

E.  A.  McCornack,  Executive  Secretary 

Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

E.  D.  Coolidge,  Chairman 
T.  W.  Brophy  C.  N.  Johnson 

J.  P.  Buckley,  J.  N.  Roe 

L.  P.  Putnam,  Acting  Secretary 

Hahnemann  Medical  College  Department  Committee  of  Management 

Dr.  F.  C.  Ford,  Chairman 
Dr.  M.  J.  Moth  Dr.  W.  F.  Harpel 

V.  A.  Paul,  Executive  Secretary 

Chicago  Theological  Seminary  Department  Committee  of  Management 

W.  W.  Dale,  Chairman 
Alva  Hart  Ander  Kvaas  Frederick  Oxtoby 

McCormick  Theological  Seminary  Department  Committee  of 

Management 

H.  E.  Holt,  Chairman 
A.  C.  Preston  G.  W.  Brown  R.  W.  Martin 

C.  K.  Orsborn  E.  L.  Brown  Arthur  A.  Hays 

Wabash  Avenue  Department  Provisional  Committee 

George  C.  Hall,  Chairman 
B.  H.  Johnson  Charles  H.  Davis 

J.  M.  Higginbotham  R.  E.  Moore 

Leroy  W.  Tucker,  Executive  Secretary 

C.  W.  Pierce,  Assistant  Secretary 

Standing  Committees  and  Commissions  of  the  Board  of  Managers 

Executive  Committee 
Wm.  P.  Sidley  James  R.  Chapman 

A.  Stamford  White  C.  T.  B.  Goodspeed 

John  B.  Lord  L.  Wilbur  Messer 

Business  Committee 
Leverett  Thompson,  Chairman 
Edward  P.  Bailey  Wm.  P.  Sidley 

Thomas  Temple  ton  A.  B.  Mead 

James  R.  Chapman  A.  E.  Ziehme 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  STUDENT  DEPARTMENTS,  IN   1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.     1st  Row,  E.  A.   McCornack,   R.  F.   Rothwell.     Center,  M. 
H.  BicKHAM.     Bottom  Row,  W.  A.  Piper,  L.  C.  Hollister. 


APPENDIX  139 

Committee  on  City  Departments 

Murdock  MacLeod,  Chairman 

A.  E.  Ziehme  Frederick  T.  West 

H.  M.  Hubbard  John  B.  Lord 

J.  W.  Badenoch 

Physical  Work  Committee 

Henry  M.  Hubbard,  Chairman 

N.  S.  Davis 

Social  Work  Committee 
Charles  R.  Holden,  Chairman 
John  B.  Lord  Charles  C.  Hyde 

Railroad  Committee 
G.  B.  Simpson,  Chairman 
C.  L.  Kimball  Robert  Quayle 

Boys'  Work  Committee 

A.  Stamford  White,  Chairman 

Richard  C.  Hall  Win6eld  S.  Hall 

Charles  W.  Folds 

Student  Council 

C.  T.  B.  Goodspeed,  Chairman 

Rev.  John  Timothy  Stone  John  M.  Coulter 

Rev.  Charles  W.  Gilkey,  F.  B.  Crossley 

W.  S.  Hall 

Physical  Section  Council 

Henry  M.  Hubbard,  Chairman 

N.  S.  Davis  C.  L.  Keller 

Wm.  P.  Sidley  G.  A.  Sellar 

L.  Wilbur  Messer  Charles  Severinghaus 

H.  C.  Peisch  C.  B.  Little 

{Executive   Secretary    and   Physical   Director   of   each    Department   member 
ex-officio.) 

Commission  on  Young  Men  and  Boys  of  Foreign  Parentage 

Charles  W.  Folds,  Chairman 

A.  Fletcher  Marsh  Eldridge  Wilson  A.  L.  Ward 

C.  J.  Hicks  C.  R.  Beard  E.  E.  Ames 

George  D.  McDill  F.  A.  Steuert  H.  G.  Lozier 

P.  L.  Prentis  R.  W.  Cooke  Theodore  Szmergalski 

M.  H.  MacLean  H.  F.  Mallory  F.  A.  Lorenz 

W.  N.  Northcott  M.  H.  Bickham  W.  A.  Field 

E.  B.  DeGroot 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  WEST  SIDE  DEPARTMENT,  IN   1912 
Reading  from  left  to  right.    1st  Row,  E.  C.  Stevens,  Samuel  Burkhahdt,  F.  D.  Sherwood. 
2nd  Row,  Maurice  F.  Gogle,  J.  A.  Hiller,  O.  R.  Deihl.     3rd  Row,  H.  J.  Knebel,  W. 
J.  ScHUEBMAN,  J.  L.  Nelson.     Absent  from  this  group,  R.  Allen. 


APPENDIX 


141 


Commission  on  Relation  of  the  Association  to  the  Churches 


E.  Scribner  Ames 
H.  A.  Atkinson 
Edward  P.  Bailey 
Courtenay  Barber 
L.  A.  Bowman 


Lucius  Teter,  Chairman 

George  W.  t)ixon 
Marquis  Eaton 
Walter  Getty 
H.  S.  Henschen 
C.  S.  Holt 
H.  T.  Williams 


J.  J.  Moore 
F.  J.  Norlander 
Francis  W.  Parker 
C.  H.  Sudler 
J.  G.  Perkins 


Commission  on  Citizenship  Lectures — Princeton  Foundation 

R.  C.  McNamara,  Chairman 

A.  Fletcher  Marsh 
C.  H.  Walcott 
George  O.  Fairweather 
Hugo  M.  Friend 
H.  G.  Lozier 
Donald  S.  Trumbull 
H.  A.  Stotz 
E.  H.  Cassels 


D.  F.  McPherson 
R.  Douglas  Stuart 
S.  J.  Earned 
Joseph  Baker 
Franklin  O.  Dean 
John  W.  Brown 
J.  Worth  Allen 


H.  P.  Chandler 
James  J.  Forstall 
A.  T.  Carton 
T.  W.  Allinson 
K.  D.  Vittum 
John  S-  Broeksmit 
C.  L.  O.  Cleminson 


Japanese  Institute 
Murdock  MacLeod,  Chairman 
John  B.  Lord  C.  T.  B.  Goodspeed  A.  E.  Ziehme 

Committee  on  Reynolds'  Fund  Expenditures 
Thomas  Templeton,  Chairman 
A.  E.  Ziehme  A.  B.  Mead 


Winfield  S.  Hall 
John  A.  Chapman 


Harry  A.  Wheeler 
Homer  A.  Stillwell 
T.  N.  Eddy 
Marvin  B.  Pool 


A.  J.  Earling 
W.  A.  Gardner 
E.  P.  Ripley 
S.  M.  Felton 

B.  A.  Worthington 

C.  L.  Kimball 
W.  A.  Garrett 

D.  C.  Moon 
Alex  "Douglas 


City  Boys'  Work  Council 

A.  Stamford  White,  Chairman 

Harry  D.  Abells 
Ralph  Isham 

Educational  Council 

W.  F.  Hypes,  Chairman 

Robert  Scott 
Julius  Rosenwald 
David  R.  Forgan 
J.  A.  Wendell 
D.  V.  Colbert 

Railroad  Advisory  Committee 

H.  U.  Mudge,  Chairman 

G.  B.  Simpson 
M.  J.  Carpenter 
C.  H.  Markham 
Fairfax  Harrison 
Richard  Fitzgerald 
A.  F.  Banks 
Howard  G.  Hetzler 
Darius  Miller 
P.  C.  Elstom 


Charles  W.  Folds 


W.  A.  Wieboldt 
E.  M.  Skinner 
Frank  H.  Armstrong 
C.  P.  Whitney 


F.  A.  Delano 
W.  H.  Scriven 
J.  J.  Bernet 
F.  C.  Batchelder 
A.  T.  Lowmaster 
R.  L.  Burnap 
F.  W.  Urbahns 
J.  E.  Bostick 


EMPLOYED  OFFICERS,  WILSON  AVENUE 

F.  D.  LusE  A.  W.  Lauch 

J.  J.  ToEDT  E.  S.  Haines 

B.  F.  McGauqh  E.  H.  Wright 


DEPARTMENT,  IN   1913 

G.  M.  Wrisley 
A.  T.  Morrill, 
R.  H.  T0LLE8ON 


APPENDIX 


143 


College  Alumni  Social  Service  Commission 
Alfred  T.  Carton,  Chairman 


Amherst — 

Dr.  John  Timothy  Stone 

S.  B.  King 

Nathaniel  Blatchford 
Beloit — • 

Clarence  S.  Pellet 
Brown — 

John  W.  Scott 
Columbia — 

Victor  Elting 
Cornell — 

Warner  S.  Baird 

Warren  Sailor 
Dartmouth — 

William  T.  Abbott 

W.  T.  Sumner,  V.  Rev.  Dean 
Harvard— 

F.  W.  Burlingham 

Sherman  C.  Kingsley 

George  Jackson 
Illinois 

Avery  Brundage 
Michigan — 

John  A.  Jameson 


William  D.  McKenzie 

Robert  Foote  Hall 

John  C.  Mechem 
Northwestern — 

James  F.  Gates 
Princeton — 

Cyrus  H.  McCormick 

R.  Douglas  Stuart 

A.  T.  Carton 

D.  F.  McPherson 
University  of  Chicago- 

William  Scott  Bond 

A.  D.  Henderson 
Williams — 

Harold  S.  Osborne 

W.  McM.  Rutter 

William  P.  Sidley 
Wisconsin — 

Lynn  A.  Williams 
Yale 

John  S.  Broeksmit 

T.  E.  Donnelley 

A.  M.  Coit 

David  Dangler 


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